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:: A Year of Ethical Feasting - Chilli Beans

As part of A Year of Ethical Feasting I will be posting a weekly recipe that has been taste tested by me, my family and friends.

This week I am sharing a fab, frugal and fair recipe from my kitchen. It is tasty and hearty and particularly nourishing. YUM!

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Chilli Beans

Ingredients

2 cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed

2 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, chopped

1tsp cumin seeds (ground)

1 tsp coriander seeds (ground)

½ tsp chilli powder (or to taste)

½ tsp turmeric powder

½ tsp ginger powder

3 cloves of garlic

2 cans chopped tomatoes

1 large carrot, grated

1 large parsnip, grated

Sea salt or stock powder

1-2 tbsp coriander leaves, roughly chopped

Method

Sauté onion in oil until slightly browned. Add spices, garlic, chilli, ginger and turmeric; continue to sauté for a couple of minutes. Add kidney beans and tomatoes and mix well. Stir through carrot and parsnip. Cook on low heat for 1 hour. Serve with steamed rice and a fresh green salad.

Let me know what you think, I’d really love to know.

Enjoy!

xxAmanda

A Life of Ethical Living

Did you know that I am starting a Year of Ethical Feasting as part of my ethical living life project? Starting in mid-May, I will be posting a fab, frugal and fair recipe every week for a whole year! Look out on May 16 for my fabulously feisty chilli beans!

Also as part of my ethical living life project I will share my super second hand finds and my ethical inspirations (fab people doing fab things).

I am not about sharing product reviews or information about new technologies. There are heaps of websites and blogs catering to that market segment.

I am more interested in how to live an ethical life with a small environmental footprint. I’m all for stepping back from the market, buying second hand at flea markets or charity shops. I’m fascinated by the adage: living better with less. That doesn’t mean I am not a bowerbird that likes to collect things (I have got a pretty sizeable push-puppet collection and enough books to fill a local library). 

It does mean, however, that I try to buy most of my consumer items second hand. I don’t want to be preachy or just talk to the converted; I just want to put ideas out there and raise awareness and possibly change minds.

I really think that living better with less can be fun and certainly doesn’t have to be labourious. 

I am acutely aware of the inherent contradictions in what I am saying here about living better with less and consumption. But it’s all part of the process in coming to terms with what a new philosophy of consumption may look like.

xxAmanda