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Black Bean Salad with Totopos and Watermelon

First appeared in Grainews on 24 August 2021

Totopos are crispy bits of corn tortilla, fried in oil until crispy, an ideal garnish for a black bean salad. Make extra – they tend to get gobbled up.

Serves 6-10

2 -3 c.

cooked black beans (refer to cooking tips above)

1 c.

grated carrot

½ c.

minced chives or green onions

½ c.

minced fresh basil

½ c.

minced fresh cilantro, a bit saved for garnish

½ t.

smoked paprika

1 T.

sweet paprika

2 T.

Lea & Perrins

½ c.

olive oil

½ c.

red or white wine vinegar

2 T.

mustard

2 T.

maple syrup or pomegranate molasses

salt and pepper to taste

Garnishes

2 c.

diced watermelon

1 c.

crumbled feta cheese

2 c.

totopos (1 6” corn tortilla per person, diced and sautéed in olive oil until crisp)

Directions

Combine all ingredients except the garnishes. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Mix gently, refrigerate for several hours, stirring several times, and garnish at time of service.

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Black Bean Salad with Totopos and Watermelon

First appeared in Grainews on 24 August 2021

Totopos are crispy bits of corn tortilla, fried in oil until crispy, an ideal garnish for a black bean salad. Make extra – they tend to get gobbled up.

2 -3 c.

1 c.

½ c.

½ c.

½ c.

½ t.

1 T.

2 T.

½ c.

½ c.

2 T.

2 T.

2 c.

1 c.

2 c.

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“Bread & Water is an emotionally arresting, beautifully written series of essays.”

“Food is a wonderful agent for storytelling... and Bread & Water demonstrates this brilliantly.”

“[Bread & Water is] An amazing feast... riveting... eloquent.”

“[Bread & Water is a] sensuous experience; she brings her poet’s eye and ear to everything within her purview.”

“A deep love of the art of cooking that includes the language of fine dining (cassoulet, confit) even if the lamb was raised in Olds and she picked the rhubarb herself... she impressively manages this collision of worlds with a wholesome, approachable style.”

“These finely focussed poems [in Wildness Rushing In] invite us into a sensuous and emotionally rich landscape.”

“The writing [in Wildness Rushing In] is honed and textured, the senses so alive that you can practically taste the language. There are moments of brilliance rare in a first book.”

“dee Hobsbawn-Smith’s stories [in What Can’t Be Undone] are written with a poetic edge. Her descriptions, particularly western landscapes, are often luxurious, lending themselves a kind of nuanced impression, a delicate fingerprint on the reader’s mind. "

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