Yellow Quinoa & Lentil shebang

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It’s fall and we’re all falling down. Tripping on fallen birds nests (without any birds in them!!), blowing away in the wind, walking on crispy leaves instead of sunshine. It’s a trip, it’s a fall, it’s orange, yellow, red, and we love it. 

It’s the season for the cozy things like Netflix and chill on a whole other level and obviously cozy, warm, comforting food.

Heat it up from the inside (before the Netflix and chilling maybe…) with this super simple, spicy, yummy turmeric and curry quinoa with lentils. Eat it as a side or as a meal, I made a big portion and killed that for lunch. It was a brutal battle. RIP beloved grains and spices.

All you need is
1 cup of Quinoa
1 cup of Lentils
2 1/2 cups of water
Salt
Pepper
Turmeric
Curry Powder
Cayenne Pepper

Simply boil the water and turn it down to medium after it starts boiling. Cook the quinoa with the lentils for about 15 minutes, until all the water is soaked up. Add all your spices while the quinoa and lentils are cooking. I don’t have the exact measurements for the spices, go after your taste buds. Some like it hot, some like it bland and boring. No, but spice it up after your preference. The turmeric will give the dish this nice yellow color, which is cute if you’re into yellow. I added some kale to get in those daily greens as well.

There you go, done! Simple as a bird flapping it’s wings in the am. Delicious and satisfying. Nice little shebang! I don’t know what the word shebang means but in my mind it’s a word that expresses a loud shout of joy, like “Oh man, this shit is shebaaang!”.

Wrap up yo veggies

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(It’s absolutely essential that your nail polish is peeled off to pull this recipe off…)

I’m going to admit that I’m very lazy when it comes to cooking. I do like to cook, it has some kind of soothing element to it, but the best foods are the ones that goes quick and easy and tastes delicious. Win win situation all day man!!

So this easy little wrap, or more like a tortilla sandwich thingy took me like 15 minutes, if even that, to wrap up. Wrap up..heheh. Oh wow, my jokes are terrible…

I don’t follow any recipes when I cook, not for the most part. Literally just take a bunch of veggies of your preference and saute them nicely in a pan with a little coconut or olive oil. I fried up some broccoli, spinach, carrots and kale. Okay, an absolute crucial part when making your veggies; SPICE THEM UP! Seriously, spice the shit out of your veggies! Make them taste good! Use plenty off spices, improvise, don’t be scared!! So yes, spice those bad boys up and while you’re frying your vegetables, heat up some sweet potatoes and lightly toast the bread in the oven. The tortilla-ish bread I used is the Ezekiel bread which is made out of straight up grains. Healthy and gluten free and yummy and doesn’t leave you with a doughy heavy feeling.

When that’s done you simply put it all together. I like to have a “wet” base on my bread to make all the veggies “stick” more easy. I just used some hummus, smacked it up all over that half side of the tortilla and made my veggies and sweet potatoes come along together in a perfect harmony. BAM, you’re done. BAM, eat that shit.