Bean & Bourghal salad with lime and fresh Garlicky Guacamole

On the weekend I had a craving for some healthy mexican style food, so I decided to make some delicious sides that are nice and cool for a hot day - and full of living food goodness. The bean and bourghal mix is really nice on a burrito with guacamole, lettuce, tomato and salsa.

Here are two recipes that are quick and easy to make:

Bean and Bourghal salad with fresh lime

Ingredients

1 cup fine grit bourghal

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 1/4 cups boiling water

2 cloves organic garlic unpeeled

1 400g can organic red kidney beans, rinsed and drained

1 cup canned whole kernel organic corn, drained

1 cup canned organic chick peas

1/2 cup finely chopped red onion

(optional) 1 jalapeño pepper minced

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 limes freshly juiced

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine the bourghal, cumin and sea salt, stirring in the boiling water. Seal with cling wrap and set aside for 10 minutes.

2. In a small pan, cook the unpeeled garlic cloves over medium heat until toasted and the skin is golden brown. Once the bourghal mix is ready, peel the garlic and mince, combining with the bourghal.

3. Stir in the red kidney beans, chickpeas, corn, onion, jalapeño, olive oil and lime juice. Serve warm, cool or on a burrito wrap!

Fresh Garlicky Guacamole

Ingredients

2 avocados

1 teaspoon sea salt

3 cloves organic garlic, minced
1 lime, juiced

Directions

1. In a bowl, combine avocados, sea salt, garlic and lime. Mash with a fork until a smooth, rustic texture with smaller chunks of avocado

Hope you enjoy!

~ Arielle

Year of the possible

After the best new years eve countdown to date for me, it's clear that 2013 is shaping up to be an amazing year. A lot of people are calling it the year of the possible, saying that 2013 brings positive change. What I love about starting a new year is the feeling of letting go of any negative energy or stress from the past and embracing the freshness of a new phase. 

The word 'possible' also means achievable, imagined or 'a person that has the potential to become or do something.' Most of what we have in our lives at the present is only made possible because we've either thought or done something to have it in the first place. I'm a big believer in attracting what we want, but also that we have to chase our goals and meet them halfway. Believing it is possible is the other half. I'm not trying to make out I'm a metaphysicist, but I am expecting big things this year. So what do you want to make possible? It can be as big or little as you want. 

Here are a few quotes on 'possible'


"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
Francis of Assisi 



"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible."
David Viscott


"Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible."
James W. Pence


"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." 
Dalai Lama 


~ Arielle

Image credits: 1. 2013