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Winter Abundance Bowl (Serves 2-3)
courtesy of My New Roots

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

Method
  1. Combine rice and lentils in a medium bowl, cover with water and wash well, rubbing grains and legumes together.
  2. Drain and repeat until water is clear.
  3. Cover with water again and soak overnight / for up to 8 hours, if possible. Drain and rinse.
  4. In a medium saucepan place the rice and lentils, plus 11⁄2 cups water (if soaked – add 2 cups water if un-soaked), and sea salt.
  5. 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).
  6. 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 minutes, add the broccoli on top of the sweet potato.
  7. While the rice and lentils are cooking you can also blend together the sauce (see below) and prepare the cabbage: Shred cabbage using a mandoline or sharp knife.
  8. Toss with a squeeze of lemon or lime juice, a drizzle of olive oil and some salt. Toss to combine.
  9. To assemble the bowl, simply spoon in the cooked rice and lentils with the steamed veggies, add the cabbage on the side and pour sauce over. Give thanks for the abundance and enjoy.
  10. Garlic-Ginger Pumpkin Seed Sauce: In a dry skillet over medium heat, toast pumpkin seeds, stirring every so often, until they begin to pop. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
  11. In a food processor, pulse to mince garlic and ginger. Add cooled pumpkin seeds and blend on high until sand-textured. Add remaining ingredients (start with 3⁄4 cup water) and blend, scraping down the sides periodically. Add remaining water as needed to suit your desired consistency. Season to taste.
  12. Makes quite a lot of sauce so you may store in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator for up to five days.






 
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