Red Odds and Ends

My grocery day and laundry day got switched this week so I had to come up with dinner from what was left in the refrigerator. I used the menu that I had developed from the Culinate website as a starting point but without any of the actual ingredients including olive oil I had to get creative.



I made a slaw of red cabbage, radishes, and raisins with a dressing of coconut milk, rice wine, lemon juice, and some spices. The coconut milk being leftover from last week.

I went back to one of our old standard recipes for rice and beans. I cooked up some red rice and when it was done stirred in a little bit of coconut milk. I cooked up two chopped onions, 1 chopped red pepper, 2 whole jalapenos chopped, and 3 minced cloves of garlic in two tablespoons of peanut oil. I then added some cumin and smoked paprika. Then in went a half a can of tomatoes (left over) and 2 cans of S&W black beans with the liquid. I cooked this down and served over the rice.

I say this made 2 dinner portions and 3 lunch portions. I really enjoyed the beans and the rice.

I also think it is impossible to get the color right on both of these dishes in the same picture. The cabbage is just not that attractive in this format.