September 22, 2012

• So Many Options: Day 8

  It takes time: finding recipes, buying the extra food, cooking it. I am American: I want a life with food on the side. I am not used to this lifestyle of spending a whole weekend cooking and then enjoying the cooking. Many Brazilians are. Ever heard of a churrasco? And after a long day of working with children, the last thing I want to do is worry about a menu and cooking and cleaning up after myself.

  Breakfast: rice and milk with raisins and farinha lacta (sorry, we don’t have it in the USA, and I can’t even think of an equivalent)—it was like mini-rice pudding. Lunch was beans with spreadable cheese in a tapioca flour shell. It wasn’t that great, but it worked. Dinner was this fantastic sauce with dried tomatoes and olives mixed in the rice and beans.

  15 things I want to try:

  1. Beans, chick peas, curry, ginger, cilantro
  2. Beans, carrots, ginger, soy sauce
  3. Beans, lime, cilantro, cumin, avocado
  4. Lentils and rice (love this dish!) with spreadable cheese and beans on top
  5. Raw bean sprouts with…I am not sure. Onions and cilantro?
  6. Rice, eggs, green onion, garlic, ginger, peas, soy sauce
  7. Bean soup (I LOVE Brazilian bean soup and have to figure out how to make it)
  8. Mango rice: coconut milk, and sugar boiled, rice stirred in and served on top of mango.
  9. Bean mango tostada: beans, olive oil and spices on wheat flour/tapioca homemade tortillas and toasted, then mango, onion, lime, and salt mixed and put on top. http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/black-bean-mango-tostadas-10000001976658/
  10. Bean pizza: make more bean dip/hummus and put it on homemade pizza crust with salsa, corn, cheese, and guacamole on top. http://www.thekitchn.com/weeknight-recipe-southwestern-147062
  11. Ginger rice pudding: milk, sugar, ginger—powder and raw—boiled, add rice, cool and fold in heavy cream. http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/entertainment/the_assistant/?p=387
  12. Sauté onions and corn and then roast it. Add cilantro, beans, and tomatoes. Mix vinegar, spices, mustard and olive oil and then pour on top of other mixture. http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-corn-black-bean-tomato-salad-10000001911320/,
  13. Bean hummus: beans, olives, garlic, lemon juice, seasonings blended. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/black-bean-hummus/
  14. Bean dip: beans, lime, salsa, cumin and plain yogurt blended
  15. Bean burgers: beans, eggs, parsley, parmesan cheese, mustard, spices, lemon juice, olive oil, bread crumbs: blend, form into patties and fry up like a burger. http://www.thecurvycarrot.com/2011/03/06/black-bean-burgers/

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