19 Mar Winter Abundance Bowl
Ingredients
2/3 cup brown rice
1/3 cup green lentils
1/4-1/2 tsp sea salt
1 head broccoli
1 medium sweet potato (leave the skin on if it’s organic!)
2 cups shredded red cabbage
Juice of 1/2 lemon or lime
Drizzle of cold-pressed olive oil
Garlic-Ginger Pumpkin Seed Sauce
1 cup/150g pumpkin seeds
3 cloves garlic
Knob of fresh ginger
1 Tbsp maple syrup
3 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
3 Tbsp lemon juice
3/4 – 1 cup/175-250 ml water
3/4 tsp fine grain sea salt
1/4 tsp cracked black pepper
Cayenne pepper to taste
Instructions
Combine rice and lentils in a medium bowl, cover with water and wash well, rubbing grains and legumes together. Drain and repeat until water is clear. Cover with water again and soak overnight/for up to 8 hours, if possible. Drain and rinse.
In a medium saucepan place the rice and lentils, plus 1 1/2 cups water (if soaked – add 2 cups water if un-soaked), and sea salt. Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer and cook covered until water has been absorbed and rice and lentils are cooked through (about 30-45 minutes depending on if you soaked the grain or not).
While the rice and lentils are cooking, chop the broccoli into florets and the sweet potato into bite-sized cubes. About ten minutes before the grains have cooked (check the water level before adding veggies – if it’s dry, add a little more liquid), add the sweet potato. After five, add the broccoli on top of the sweet potato.