Healthy and Delicious!

Dinner: quinoa, mung bean sweet potato and collard greens curry, with fresh-baked crusty bread rolls.

If you haven’t noticed yet, I post a lot of curry recipes.  This is because I cook a lot of it.  It is because curry is super easy!  You just throw a bunch of veggies in a pot with some coconut milk, ginger, curry paste and you have dinner!  Also, my husband loves it!  And, I have to make the hubby happy .

Mung Bean, Sweet Potato, and Collard Greens Red Curry Ingredients:

• 2 cups of uncooked mung beans (soaked overnight)
• 1 can of coconut milk
• 1.5 cups of  water
• large sweet potato (cubed)
• 1 large purple potato (cubed)
• 5 cups of collard greens (chopped)
• 1/2 of a large onion (chopped)
• 4 cloves of garlic (minced)
• 3 tablespoons of fresh ginger (minced)
• 2 to 3 tablespoons of vegetable bouillon (for flavor…adjust to taste)
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 3 oz of a 4 oz jar of THAI RED CURRY PASTE
• pepper

Directions:

1. Prepare veggies.
2. Cook mung beans: medium heat for 1 to 2 hours in water.  After it is cooked, drain and set aside.
3. In a wok, large frying pan, or pot, heat olive oil.
4. Add onions and garlic.
5. Cook for a couple of minutes, then add potatoes and water.
6. When the potatoes are cooked (maybe after 10 minutes), add coconut milk, cooked mung beans, Thai red curry paste, and vegetable bouillon (add 2 tablespoons of bouillon to start with…add more if needed).
7. Cook in medium heat for 15 minutes.   Make sure you stir frequently so it doesn’t burn.  *Note: if you don’t want this dish to be as thick, add 1/3 cup of water and a little more vegetable bouillon.
8. Then, add collard greens.
9. Simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes.
10. Now,  enjoy with your crusty bread and delicious quinoa!

Crusty Garlic and Sesame Bread Rolls Recipe:

*Note: I used the recipe from my Easy Crusty Bread post but adjusted it a bit.

Ingredients:

• 3 and 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour
• 1 and 1/2 cup of warm water
• 5 cloves of minced garlic
• 3 tablespoons of sesame seeds
• 2.5 teaspoons of sea salt
• 2.5 teaspoons of  yeast

Directions:

1. Mix water with yeast and sea salt in a large bowl.
2. Add all-purpose flour.
3. Mix it all together.
4. Cover the bowl with a cloth and let it rise for 2 hours.
5. After 2 hours, mix sesame seeds and garlic into the dough.
6. Place  your pizza stone in the oven with another pan under it that contains a couple of cups of water.
7. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
8. Cut the dough into 6 to 7 pieces.
9. Form the dough into balls and dust it with some flour.  *Note they may not stay shaped like a ball…but do the best you can….it is still good if it is a bit flat…or you can just make a huge loaf, CLICK HERE to see.
10. Dust the pizza stone with corn meal and place the dough balls on it.
11. Bake for 30 minutes.

The wine in the back is "Our Daily Red"....it's vegan!