Alan's Awesome Smoothie

We know that the sweaty, sticky DC summer we all love is rolling up its sleeves and preparing to drench our skin in all those intimate spots, so we thought we'd come up with a few ways to fight back. As always, fighting back is better when you're well-fed. Enter the smoothie recipes. 

Alan's Awesome Smoothie

Combine in blender:

2 frozen marked down bananas

1/2 bag of frozen Cascadian Farms harvest berries

1/2 can of coconut milk

Heaping spoonful of peanut butter

Generous dollop of maple syrup

Rice/soy milk blend

Crushed fresh mint

Blend until smooth. Drink immediately while sitting in the shade reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. 

Ryan's Dahl of Deliciousness

photo courtesy of Big Harvest

Ingredients:

1 cup of red split lentils, washed well 

1 chopped onion

1 potato, quartered

dash of turmeric

salt

1 TBS grated ginger 

1/2 cup frozen peas

Nob of butter

Fresh cilantro 

Slice of lime (garnish)

Cooked rice (to serve with the dish)

Putting it together:

• Put first 6 ingredients in saucepan and cover with water (about 1.5 inches above lentils).
  
• Cover the saucepan and bring to a boil. 
  
• Once boiling, simmer for 10 minutes or until desired consistency.
  
• Toss in the peas and some butter. 
  
• Add a bit of fresh cilantro.
  
• Serve hot over plain rice and a slice of lime. 
  

For dessert, you can enjoy some more Dahl:

photo courtesy of the Episcopal High School Community

Vegetable Recipe

Ryan's Ultimate Vegetable Deliciousness Recipe
This is meant to go with Ryan's Ultimate Dahl (to be published soon!).

Ingredients:
1 medium onion, chopped into cubes
2 carrots, cut into 1 inch sticks
1 potato, diced
1-2 Zucchini (optional)
Leftover cauliflower stems/leaves
1 teaspoon grated ginger
Dash of turmeric
1 fresh tomato, chopped
Greens of any sort, chopped
1 teaspoon mustard powder (Ryan uses Colman's English mustard powder)
Salt and Sugar to taste
Olive oil
5 Spices


Putting it together:

• Fry 5 spices in some oil
  
• Add the onion, carrots and potato
  
• Add the optional vegetables, as desired
  
• Add the ginger, turmeric and tomato. Stir well
  
• Add the greens
  
• Add the mustard powder and salt and sugar to taste
  
• Cover and cook on a low heat for 10/15mins, stirring occasionally

Yummy!


photo courtesy of Heart and Stroke and may not actually resemble the finished product. It's just the best picture we could find.