Black Bean Chili

Black Bean Chili
vegan & gluten free

Ingredients:

1 package of dry black beans
1 box of veggie broth
1 container of Trader Joes Mirepoix 
  (16 oz of chopped celery, onion, and carrot)
1 cup of frozen corn
1 cup of Costco Organic Salsa
2.5 cups of Tomato Puree
1 Tbs chili powder
1 Tbs Adobo Seasoning
1 Tsp cumin
1/3 cup of Gluten Free TVP
Olive oil for sauteing

Directions:

1. sort and soak beans overnight
2. cook the beans 3 hours or until soft. 
3. drain beans and set aside
4. saute mirepoux
5. Add spices and let warm up with the veggies
6. Add veggie broth, tomato, and salsa
7. Add TVP
8. Add beans
9. Cook until tomato taste mellows and broth reduces 45 min - 1hr. 

Accidental Noodles (Kimchee Noodles)

This dish was accidental. I was aiming to make a kimchee soup and then I started getting carried away. When I added the noodles I didn't think they would soak up all the remaining liquid. It was a pleasant surprise.

Spicy Kimchee Noodles with Tofu

Ingredients

1 cup loosely packed kimchee (check ingredients some have shrimp or fish) I used King's from Whole Foods
1/2 package of firm tofu cut into cubes
4 Tbs Soy Sauce
1 Tbs Toasted Sesame Oil
1/2 tsp of Gochujang (hot pepper paste)
1 Tbs olive oil
2/3 package of Bean Threads. I used Ka-Me.
1/3 cup of TVP (textured vegetable protein. Mine is Gluten Free.
8 cups of water



Directions:

1. Fry Kimchee in a dutch oven in 1 Tbs or less olive oil and 1/2 tsp of Gochuang
2. Add 8 cups of water, 4 TBS soy sauce, 1 Tbs Sesame oil
3. Add TVP and tofu
4. Cook on medium until the liquid is reduced and the contents look like stew not soup.
5. Soak Bean threads for 15 minutes in plain water. Rinse and then
6. throw into the pot. The beans will soak up the remaining liquid.

Enjoy.
     


  

Kasha Tabouleh - Gluten Free

Ingredients

1 cup of Kasha (buckwheat groats) cooked as directed on the box
4 medium tomatoes
4 cups of loosely packed parsley
1/2 a medium onion
1 lemon
Salt & Pepper & Olive Oil to taste

Directions:

1. Make Kasha and then let cool.
2. In a food processor pulse together tomato, parsley, onion, and juice of 1/2 a lemon until the veggies are coarsely chopped.
3. Mix Veggies and groats together, add salt & pepper and more lemon juice to taste
4. Mix in 1 Tbs or more olive oil to taste if you wish.  
       
Enjoy!