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Hello Black Bean, Farro and Avocado Meal...You Are Healthy AND Tasty!

6/2/2014

 
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Little Boy Blue says HELLO!! Look how big he is getting!!! 

Hello
 also to this healthy and
totally yummy

Black Beans
, 
Farro
and
Avocado meal!

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This recipe is from the Reluctant Entertainer website.



This dish is soooo healthy,
but the thing is.....it's so tasty!!!
And filling! Who'd thunk?

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Leave off the queso fresco and this would make a
nice vegan dish!



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These are all the fixins for this quick and easy,
super healthy dish. Remember, it's vegan if you leave the queso fresco off. :)







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So this is farro. It's a grain.
A bit expensive.
I think this 1 lb. bag was maybe $7.99.

I'm like, really dudes? $7.99? Get the price down on this please.
Farro is becoming more mainstream and not so exotic anymore, so I think they can get that price lowered eventually.







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Now this is the salsa I used,
a local Iowa City salsa.


La Casa was a locally owned restaurant in Iowa City for years.
Mercy Sueppel, the owner, closed the restaurant but continues to make this fantastic salsa among other authentic Mexican products.

Very yummy!




Anyway, we start this dish by boiling up the farro.
By the way, I had to google to see how long to cook farro because the package
doesn't tell you...I had to search a little bit to find out.
35 minutes is how long I cooked mine.

Red Alert!
OHOHOH!!!
I FORGOT TO MENTION,
I HALVED THIS RECIPE...it makes a ton!!!!



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So anyhoo, I chopped up
the mixture of onions, shallots,
and garlic.

I did use all three, which I think factored into the layered flavor of this dish.





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Now drain those beans!

BTW, Could this picture be any dumber?





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Saute

the onion, shallot, and garlic mixture in olive oil.










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Can you smell the aroma?
It smells heavenly!








Now throw in those beans! Do it, do it, just DO IT!!!!


Now stir in that corn and salsa and cumin and salt and pepper....


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Okay,

so this is just waiting to be layered onto the farro.











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So we plate this dish by layering the *warm* farro onto a platter...









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N
ow layer the bean mixture on top of the farro...






Next, layer the avocado, queso fresco and chopped cilantro...





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What a masterpiece on a platter! 

Let's plate 'er up and see how it tastes....










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Looks a
little messy on a plate......

















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...But look at those yummy avocado slices! And the fresh queso fresco! 
And the hearty farro but most importantly, the tasty bean, corn and onion mixture!
!





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Okay, something was spicy about this dish, I wanted to keep eating it. Tim asked what was so spicy and I said I just didn't know.

Tim calls this dish "deceptive." It seems as if the flavor is going to be boring but it is deceptively delicious and super filling as a main dish.
Gotta tell ya, the cilantro really finishes off this dish,
don't forget the cilantro!





Okay, so below is the recipe....you can click on the recipe document and then print it out OR you can click on that teensy tiny Download File thingie right below and print it out too.
black_bean_with_farro_and_avocado.docx
File Size: 13 kb
File Type: docx
Download File

Well I hope someone tries out this recipe and follows back up and lets us know what they thought of it,
or if they changed it up!







In the In the meantime, I think Ima try and be as carefree as a yittle 2 1/2 year old toddler boy sporting a dimple, joyous spirit,
and plastic airplane.



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Okay guys,
that's all I got for now :)
Have a great week, stay cool and we'll
talk at ya soon!!!!





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