Veater Family

We had the most delicious dinner tonight!! Here are the recipes:

Drink: Brazilian Lemonade

2 limes

1/2 cup sugar

3 T sweetened condensed milk

3 cups water

ice

Directions:

Wash limes, cut ends off. Slice into eight wedges. Place limes in blender with sugar, sc milk, water and ice. Blend in blender, srain in a fine mesh strainer to remove rines. serve.

Brazilian Black Bean Stew

1 T canola oil

1/4lb of chorizo sausage chopped(we used Italian sausage)

1/3 lb cooked ham chopped

1 med onion chopped

2 cloves garlic minced

2 (1 lb) sweet potatoes, peeled and diced

1 large red bell pep diced

2 (14.5) cans diced tomatoes with juice

1 small hot green chili pep diced (we used canned chillies)

1 1/2 cup of water

2 (16oz) cans black beans, rinsed and drained

1 mango, peeled seeded and diced

1/4 cup of chopped fresh cilantro

1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

heat oil in pot, cook meat in oil, place onions in cook til tender. stir in garlic cook til tender. then mix in the sweet potatoes, tomatoes with juice, bell pep, chili pep, and water.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 15 min until sweet potatoes are tender

Stir the beans into the pot and cook uncovered until heated through. Mix in the mango and cilantro and season with salt.

we also did a fresh spinach salad for a side.

YUM YUM YUM!!!!!