Home-style Brown Rice Bake

Ooh! This tasted better than it looked, simply because it was in the oven for a LONG time, and little veggies and grains tend to get a little extra brown around the outside making it look not so fresh, but the cooking time in the dish made it a yummy ray of digestive qi emanating from that delightful cooking pot (all ceramic, which means stove and oven proof).

Cook some brown rice on the stove top with 2:1 water (so 2 cups water for 1 cup rice)

Sautee in veggies with some oil:

onions

garlic

carrots

mushrooms

Once soft add the cooked rice and stir.

Crack in 2 eggs and stir those in until mixed and scrambly.

Add black pepper, nuts, beans, whatever, and a little tamari to richen it.

Pop it into the oven and let it bake for a while!! If company is coming over in an hour, set the oven low and check on it, but if dinner is waiting, you don't need to bake it, or pop it in the oven for a very short time at moderate heat (375F?)

Garnish with fresh herbs like parsley if you wish!! It might make it look "fresher" looking if it's been in the oven for a while!

Sautee in the pan the veggies. Add

Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day.  I see many people in the morning make the mad dash out of their front door to their car with a large mug of coffee and a bagel clenched between their teeth.  Coffee and simplified carbs wont be able to sustain you for very long and eating on the run can give you the runs or stop traffic in your end.  Making yourself a nourishing breakfast is a great way to start your day and to support great digestive fire throughout the whole day.  Here is a breakfast of Champions, filled with protein, vitamins and nutrients.

  

Start by heating a small dollop of ghee in a heavy skillet (you can also use unrefined sesame oi)

saute a handful of thinly sliced onions until just cooked through

add a handful of chopped collard green or swiss chard

add diced shiitake or crimini mushrooms

add 1/4 cup of tomato, either fresh or canned organic diced tomatoes, with a bit of juice

put in some dried oregano, fennel, or thyme to your taste

salt and pepper to taste

add 2 whisked eggs with a pinch of salt to skillet when vegetables are cooked through

mix everything together and stir until eggs are done

Serve with saurkraut, and half of an avocado, with dulse, lemon and hemp oil

put a pinch of cayenne on your eggs or use your favorite hot sauce. Enjoy!

California Benedict

Ooo!! Two poached eggs, grilled tomato & avocado on a marinated portobello mushroom with a hollandaise sauce!

This a special breakfast that I went out to eat with my parents-in-law to celebrate the painting of our kitchen, ...and to avoid making a mess in our ready to paint, primed kitchen!

It was a treat!