PLANTAINS AND PECAN FRIED WILD RICE

Today I Made:

PLANTAINS, MIXED GREEN SALAD, SOUTHWESTERN BLACK BEAN PATTIES WITH CHIPOTLE VEGENAISE, AND LEFTOVER PECAN FRIED WILD RICE for DINNER.

This dinner was made up of all cravings.

Husband was craving plantains, so I sauteed some in a little olive oil, salt and pepper.

I was craving the SOUTHWEST PINTO BEAN BURGERS WITH CHIPOTLE SAUCE, but I didn't have any pinto beans, so I used black beans instead.

This time, I forgot to add the Egg Replacer and I ended up adding more breadcrumbs which I think might have dried out the patties a little too much.

Also, no buns tonight.

And of course we also had leftover fried rice from last nights dinner.

Everything was great and best of all, my husband really enjoyed it.

BASQUE VEGGIE KABOBS WITH KEY LIME SAUCE AND PECAN FRIED WILD RICE

Today I Made:

BASQUE VEGGIE KABOBS WITH KEY LIME SAUCE AND PECAN WILD RICE.

Kabob recipe from GREAT CHEFS VOOK VEGAN.

Rice recipe from VIVE LE VEGAN BY DREENA BURTON.

For the kabobs, I used red, yellow, and green bell peppers, zucchini, and red onions.

They were marinated in a dry rub consisting of chili powder, salt, pepper, and orange rind.

Broiled in the oven and then smothered in a SUPER spicy sauce made with poblano chili, jalapeno, basil, parsley, lime juice, vinegar,flax seed oil ( ran out of olive oil ), and a few other herbs.

The rice was my favorite part of the meal.

Brown rice, wild rice, greens onions, peas, tamari, and toasted sesame oil.

Very fall like with an asian twist to it.

I could see this stuffed into a bell pepper or even acorn squash.