Dinner with the Lee's

Tonights dinner is brought to you by an evening with friends.

Quinoa, corn, black bean salad:
2 c quinoa, steamed - Rice cooker people, works miracles
1 can black beans
1 small bag frozen corn
1/2 red pepper, cubed
1/2 red onion, small dice
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
black pepper
2 limes juiced, if you wanna get fancy, zest too
( for those of you who can tolerate cilantro, go for it, I am sure it would be great)
2 tbs olive oil

toss in a large bowl. Serve room temp.

Kale asian salad:

1 bunch kale, remove the thick veins, if you have a juicer, this is where they should go. Rough chop, boil for 1 minute and blanch in cold water to stop cooking. You just want to tenderize the kale, not destroy it.
1/2 red pepper, thinly sliced
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
- sauté red pepper and onion in olive oil until slightly brown.
Sauce:
2 tbs miso paste
1 tbs sesame oil
1/4 oj
2 tsp rice vinegar
2 tbs sesame seeds
mix together well.

Toss the kale, onions, pepper in a large bowl with the sauce.

Fried sweet potato rounds:
cut 1 in thick slabs of sweet potato
par boil
pat dry
fry with 2 tbs olive oil.

serve warm.

It was a lovely evening, good friends, food and conversation. Repeat liberally.