Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Food Post #203: When Life gives you Lemons.....

...... set them aside on the countertop for a bit, go back to your refrigerator, open the door, take the container with leftover black beans from the previous night out, shut the refrigerator door, place the container on the countertop beside the lemons, and then just stare at the lemons, and the container with the leftover black beans. Continue staring for a few minutes. Take your time, no rush, it's all good! After a few moments the loud chattering in your brain will slow down, and soon you might experience the brain shutting down, which will result in sheer bliss. And then all of a sudden, it arrives- the eureka moment! You wake up from the blissful stillness, nice and fresh. With that same bliss still lingering inside you, you head to the kitchen drawer where you have stashed away some luscious dark chocolate. You take it out of the drawer, look at it very lovingly, rather lustfully, and then snap a piece off the bar. You know exactly what to do. You know exactly what to make. You put a couple tablespoons of black beans into your nifty blender. There's no need to add any seasoning or flavor to that, because you had already jazzed it up last night.  You go right ahead and process it into a nice thick saucy consistency. You transfer this black bean puree into a tiny pot, get the heat going, and slowly add that dark chocolate into it. As you stir the two together, the chocolate will melt into the black bean puree, and soon you will have created a beautiful dark chocolate colored luscious, delicious, sexy dip. Perfect with some warm tortilla chips, or warm bread sticks, or with sesame toast. Yum! As for those lemons, you have a few options:

Option 1: You pick them all up one by one, and put them back in the fridge. They'll still be there, though, mind you!

Option 2: I guess you could make lemonade, and drink it up.

Option 3: Even better, make margarita. It'll go well with that black bean chocolate dip and warm chips!


Black Bean Chocolate Dip 





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