Leftovers for Dinner. #WFPBNO #BEYONDvegan #eattolose

     Opening the fridge tonight, I was faced with an abundance of leftovers of various ages all of which passed the rigors of a carefully, meticulously executed sniff test. The vintage vegetables were put out of there misery on my chopping block and joined their relatives in the soup pot; destiny realized and fulfilled. The younger, brighter, fully hydrated bearers of all my nutritional needs blended their family colors in the harmony of my salad bowl. Finally, on this cold night of the season's first snow, my plate was rounded out by hot ghost pepper chili over whole grain noodles and under a gold crown of nutritional yeast. Every essential amino acid, vitamin and mineral present and deliciously represented most palatably on my table of leftovers. Poetry on a plate!

     Ramen brown rice and millet noodles mixed with ghost pepper quinoa chili topped with nutritional yeast, my vegetable dal and a salad of romaine lettuce, purple cabbage, roasted beets, chopped green olives, bicolored bell peppers, chopped cashews, dried onion flakes, basil, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar.

58 Months A Vegan. Red Lentil Dal. #foodismedicine #eattolose #WFPBNO

We're expecting our 1st snow of the season tonight. As good as that sounds, homemade hot soup makes it that much better! I NEVER MADE THIS BEFORE BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE IT AGAIN!!! Whole Foods Plant Based No Oil.

RED LENTIL DAL
2 cups red lentils
4 cups water
1 tsp Sabji masala
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
Set your pressure cooker for 25 minutes then let it cook until it completely vents. Stir to make it the texture of pea soup.
While that's cooking chop a medium onion, 2 carrots and 2 stalks of celery. Put all the veggies in a saucepan with 1 cup of water, 1 TBS of Tamara, 1/2 tsp of herbes de provence sea salt, 1/4 tsp smoked paprika and 1/4 tsp ground turmeric.
Bring it to a boil then turn the heat down and let it simmer for 40 minutes covered or until the carrots are fully cooked and soft.
Mix the cooked veggies including the liquid and lentils together. Stir over low heat until it looks right, adding a little water as needed then serve hot.
I like to let it sit in the fridge overnight to get really thick. Then I put it in a pot, add water to thin it a little, stir over medium heat until it starts to simmer and then serve hot.  Enjoy!!


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