I’m a sucker for the basic beans, greens and grains vegan meal.
For this dish I opted to use coconut oil with the black beans because I thought it would really complement the parsnip — and it did! It’s a sweet and spicy flavor that just works. The brown rice kasha is a perfect side to something so flavorful. Nothing but salt was required as buckwheat is incredibly flavorful. I like to eat something raw with most meals; I opted for raw kale with fresh lemon juice. The beans, greens and grains combo could not be beat!
JL’s Black Beans & Root Veggies and Brown Rice Kasha
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Ingredients
- Black beans, soaked in baking soda for 2 hours and rinsed well
- Coconut oil
- Garlic, minced
- Banana pepper, diced
- Jalapeno, diced
- Yellow onion, diced
- Parsnip, chopped
- Carrot, chopped
- Filtered water
- Bay leaf
- Sriracha
- Sea salt, to taste
- Ground black pepper, to taste
- Fresh parsley, chopped
For the brown rice kasha
- One cup brown rice
- One cup toasted buckwheat groats
- About 3 cups of filtered water
- Iodized sea salt (to taste)
Instructions
For the beans
- Soak black beans in baking soda for 1 – 2 hours, rinse well and drain.
- Heat coconut oil in the pressure cooker and add garlic, peppers, onion and veggies and saute for a few minutes.
- Add the black beans and bay leaf.
- Add enough water to cover the beans.
- Lock the pressure cooker lid into place and bring to high pressure.
- Cook at pressure for 15 minutes.
- Remove pressure cooker from the burner and release pressure naturally.
- Remove the lid by opening away from you.
- Bring the beans to a simmer, adding Sriracha and sea salt to taste.
- Stir in fresh parsley.
For the brown rice kasha
- Add rice, buckwheat groats, water and salt to the rice cooker.
- Set rice cooker to the brown rice setting.
- Begin to check on the mix at approximately 25 minutes.
Are you a beans, greens and grains kind of vegan? What are some of your favorite combinations? (Feel free to share links!)
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