Chipotle Style Rice with baked Sweet Potatoes (vegetarian)

I think I was falling asleep one night and I envisioned what I wanted a future dinner to look like.

I feel that this was a pretty accurate representation of that vision.

I wanted grilled pineapple. Mango salsa. Chipotle style rice. A veggie burger and some baked sweet potatoes.

Now, I didn't find the right veggie burgers. So, everything was vegan except for that. At best this entire meal was vegetarian. The patties had milk and egg in them I think. I bought them at Aldi - they were the ones with over 10 veggies in them. And to be honest, they tasted like toasted sesame oil bread crumbs with some whole veggies. I rather enjoyed the flavor and would love to figure out how to mimic that flavor with some homemade patties. But that's another blog post.

Also that pineapple was on point. 🍍👌

For the rice:

• 2 cups brown rice
• 5 cups water
• 1 tsp veg. bouillon
• 1 bay leaf
• Frozen corn, thawed/warmed through
• 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 bunch of cilantro, chopped
• 1 lime, zested and juiced
• chili powder, salt & pepper to taste
• 1 bunch of green onions, chopped

While I was cooking the rice I put the frozen corn into a mesh strainer (mine has a long handle) and I put that over the pot since it was big enough to kind of hang onto the edges of the pot without falling in, covered it with a lid and steamed the corn at the same time. Neat trick. 🌽

I cooked the rice for about 40 minutes or so.

I also chopped 2 medium/large-ish sweet potatoes. One I diced. One I split into 4.

I seasoned with:

• 1 tsp Turmeric
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• salt & pepper
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• drizzle of oil over the entire pan

I baked that on parchment paper in the oven at 350℉ for about 30 minutes or so. 

Or until tender. 🍠

I chopped up a mango and added it to store bought salsa verde to top my veggie burger with.

*Labeled vegetarian because my veggie burgers I bought were not vegan. Going to try making my own next time.