Recipe 6: Baked Rice & Lentils with Vegetables

INGREDIENTS:

1 tbsp. coconut oil or butter

1 med sized onion, diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 celery stalks, diced

400g shitake mushrooms, chopped roughly

225g uncooked green lentils

1 tsp. cumin

400ml vegetable or chicken broth

1 cup crushed tomatoes, including juice

salt and pepper to taste

350g kale chopped, chopped

Method

Preheat oven to 175 C

In a Dutch oven or ovenproof pot heat oil over med heat, and sauté onion, garlic, celery, garlic, and carrots (about 5 min). Add rice, lentils and mushrooms, and stir for about 1 min. Add broth, tomatoes, cumin, salt and pepper, and stir. Bake for 1.5 hours.

Remove from oven and mix in kale. Serve immediately.