Tahini Bowl

WOW! This dish is soooooo good! So easy, so tasty and so healthy. Do yourself a favor and make this for dinner. Tonight! The following is the recipe the way I was given it (no idea what it is called by the way, someone posted it on Facebook). Under that will be the way I made it and I'm pretty sure I like my way a little better. BTW, kids loved it too!

Ingredients:
1/2 cup tahini sauce
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 cup kale, chopped
1 teaspoon parsley, finely chopped (optional)
brown rice
black beans (1 can)

Directions:
In a food processor or mortar and pestle, combine garlic and tahini sauce and salt. In a bowl whisk the lemon juice and sesame oil then add the tahini mixture to the bowl and mix. Pour over a big bowl of brown rice, black beans and raw, chopped kale. Top with some parsley and dig in!

*The Jo Way:
Bought my Tahini sauce from Trader Joe's (near the hummus) since the grocery store only sells Tahini paste. Tahini paste is not the same thing and if you don't live by a Trader Joe's or store that sells Tahini SAUCE then there are plenty of recipes on-line for actual Tahini sauce that are simple. Trust me, it makes a difference and you need the sauce not the plain paste. I've tried it with the paste and the consistency was like peanut butter and not that great. I don't have a mortar and pestle or a food processor, only a blender and a Magic Bullet. I used our Bullet and added way more garlic then recipe calls for, about half the amount of tahini sauce (I probably used about 1/4 cup of tahini sauce), 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 1 diced jalapeno (didn't give the jalapeno mixture to the kids) and mixed in the bullet. Then for the lemon mixture I used 1/2 cup instead of 1/4 cup of lemon. Really good meatless meal. My husband even told me he wouldn't mind eating it 2 nights in a row if we have leftovers. :)