One pot meal - lentisl, potatoes, and greens

This is a great dish for camping, since its done in one dish. But is a nice side with a homestyle meal. Pretty nutritious too

3 sweet potatoes, chopped up

4 red potatoes, chopped up

1 can lentils

I bunch of greens - any type - chard, kale, spinach will work. About 3/4 of pound. de-stem, chop them

2-5T Olive oil

salt / pepper

3T of fresh rosemary

2 cloves garlic, minced.

1. Bring pot of water to boil, add sweet potatoes. Cook for 10 minutes

2. Add in regular potatoes, cook for 20 more minutes

3. add can of lentils (undrained) plus chard. Along with seasonings. Cook for 5 minutes. Mashing while you cook it.

Serve! Its real easy and comes out tasty. You can add 1T of brown sugar with it if you want it to be a little sweet. Switch up the rosemary for cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves for a completely different flavor set.

Auntie Jaipur's Dahl

This is a recipe we got when we were traveling in india. I have modified it a little bit, but this is a favorite of the wife.

Ingredients

2 cups french green lentils

1 medium onion, diced

2-4T of ghee (clarified butter), can substitute olive oil

2 finely diced peppers - I usually use hungarian wax peppers, but you could use a red pepper and a jalapeno.

1-2T of corriander seeds

5 cardamon seeds

1/2 T of ground cinnamon

Chili powder to taste (ground up chilis not powder to make chili)

Vegetable broth and water

Salt / Pepper to taste

Directions

1. Saute onion in half the ghee. Saute until clear. Add in peppers and cook for 1-2 mins

2. Add water and vegetable broth. The amount varies dependening on use of pressure cooker. If you use a pressure cooker, about 4 cups should do it, if you don't its going to be a lot more. I split broth/water 50-50.

3. I usually use a pressure cooker, if you don't have a pressure cooker this takes a while longer. And bring to a boil, add lentils, cardamon, corriander and cinnamon, chili powder, salt pepper. Add rest of ghee

- if you are cooking in your pressure cooker, follow directions for lentils. Its about 12 mins or so to to cook but that varies by altitude and pressure cooker

- if you are cook without, it will take an hour or so. Just cook until its done stirring, and adding water as needed.

4. I fish out the cardamon seeds before serving.

5. Serve with rice.

Baijan Bharta

This is my version of Baijan Bhartha, which is one of my favorite indian dishes. I omit peas b.c well I don't like them.

Ingredients

2 Medium Eggplants, or 1 large one

1 Medium Sweet Onion

2 Large Tomatoes, peeled.

1-4 Peppers - Last time I used a half a red pepper, a jalapeno and two hungarian wax peppers

2-4T of Ghee

1T Olive Oil

1-4T of Curry Powder

2T of Garam Masala

2 cloves garlic

Sea Salt

Black pepper

1. Roast an eggplant. Peel skin and mash. I roast in an oven for about 20-25 minutes @ 425. But you can do it on the grill too.

2. Dice Onions and Peppers

3. Heat olive oil over medium heat, add onions. Cook until clear, then add peppers and cook for 2-3 minutes.

4. Add in peeled tomatoes, garlic, spices and ghee. I typically go light on the spices at first, then add once the egg plant is added. Simmer for 1-2 minutes

5. Add in eggplant. Cook for 5-7 minutes. Adding spices as you see fit

Serve with rice, and dahl.