Black Bean, Corn + Avocado Bowl

Hi guys!

So, meat free monday is back with a little vegan treat for you. A few weeks ago, goop.com featured a back-to-school-issue with lots of great lunch bowl ideas, including this bowl with corn, avocado and black beans. The base of all the bowls is a mix of brown rice and quinoa, not your usual go-to grains perhaps, but these are worth a try and I was surprised myself how  tasty and satisfying the result was. Here's the link to the recipe: http://www.goop.com/journal/make/240/back-to-school-mag

Again, few simple steps away from your lunch:

1) Cook the brown rice and quinoa. Directions on how to cook them are included on the site by clicking on the words. 

2) Preheat a pan with olive oil over medium heat. Add the black beans, avocado and corn (if you don't get corn cobs, substitute canned corn kernels). Squeeze the lime juice on top and mix to combine while warming through.

3) Add the quinoa and brown rice and mix through the beans and vegetables. Season with salt and pepper and garnish, if you want to.

Serves: 2
Active preparation time: 5 minutes, if you use canned beans and corn and have pre-cooked the quinoa and brown rice. Otherwise about 10 minutes.
Total preparation time: again, 5 minutes if everything is prepared. About 50 minutes if not. 

Here's how it looks:

I really love the combination of black beans, corn, avocado and rice. It's like a good mexican getaway. The olive oil and lime juice help bring out the other flavours. I also am quite smitten with the textures. A little crunch from the corn kernels, creaminess from the avocado and the perfect mix between both from the black beans. As an added bonus, the grains will help you stay full for hours. I hope you have as much fun eating it as I did. 

Have fun trying and enjoy!