A lunch inspired by my favorite cuisine: southern cooking! A savory cornmeal and black bean muffin with vegan ham cut-outs on the side, lite canned pears, creamy sweet potato, and two Golden Oreos.Verdict: "I looove those beans!" says Little shmoo. He ate everything but most of the sweet potatoes. We're still working on sweet potatoes! 4 stars.
As much as I love sweet potatoes, they do look a bit like baby poo when pureed or mashed (-:
ReplyDeleteGreat meal ideas!
Hey, I'll take the rest of the sweet potato mush. never can get enough of those, mmmmm. :)
ReplyDeleteI love sweet potato anything. But only since I turned 25. Before that I hated it no matter how it was prepared.
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ReplyDeleteMmm, cornmeal and black beans. There's a winning combination if ever I saw one.
ReplyDeleteI second the offers to eat the leftover sweet potatoes, too.
I have been coming to this blog for a while now and am literally blown away by the simply fabulous ideas and delicious looking pictures. I hope you don't mind but I linked to two of your blogs in my most recent post at my blog ( http://axiosaxiosaxios.blogspot.com)
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Joe Zollars
I've been loving these lunchboxes, and that cornmeal and black bean muffin looks to die for. Are the black beans actually in the muffin or just on top? Either way, seems delicious.
ReplyDeleteWow Jenshmoo, this blog has really taken off! I'm seeing links to it everywhere, congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Isa! I know, I can hardly believe it. It all started with the ppk link!!
ReplyDeleteHi, birch mom! I know, peaches would have been the perfect fruit. I would have put in canned peaches but Little shmoo doesn't like peaches right now (tomorrow may be a different story, lol!).
ReplyDeleteAnd hi, christina! The beans are spooned into the middle of the muffin batter and the muffin bakes up around it.
i wish you were my mom...
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of vegan ham?
ReplyDeleteIt's Yves ham slices from the grocery store, cut into shapes with little cookie cutters.
ReplyDeleteYou're cool, Shmoo! I'm so happy to see the corn pone recipe translated to a portable muffin! I tried your "big" tenessee corn pone recipe last week (I mixed pinto beans with spicy black bean corn salsa and some leftover black bean dip) and my omni family is STILL raving! Topped it with a little tofutti sour cream blended with cilantro. My husband is a chef, girl, and he hoovered it! Thanks for the recipes!
ReplyDeleteBlessings and light,
Nikki
Woo hoo! Thanks Nikki! I'm so glad you liked it. That vegan sour cream blended with cilantro sounds divine.
ReplyDeleteWhat ways have you tried to feed Schmoo the sweet taters? I LOVED them as a child but I don't think I would have really liked them pureed. I would have liked them baked, then sliced and sauteed in a pan like homefries until slightly brown on each side with some sauce to dip them in.
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