passover: not for chumps

we need not be chumps on passover and let our stomachs writhe in agony over the loss of bread for an entire...WEEK! take the sephardic root (middle eastern/mediterranean tradition) and make yourself a scrumptious bowl of the recipe below. it will be sure to fill your stomachs and allow you to forget (for at least 3 days given the quantity i made) that you are barred from bread. while the veggies took a while to prep, i was able to "discover Bonnaroo 2011" through grooveshark- pretty snazzy site if you ask me. since brown rice takes a while, cook it while you chop the veggies.

dai·kon/ˈdīkän/
Noun: A radish of a variety with a large slender white root that is typically eaten cooked, esp. in Eastern cuisine, and is also used for fodder. don't let the "fodder" adjective phase you- it is in fact a nice crunchy treat that i mistook for jicama, which goes very well with citrus in salads as i'm sure this root vegetable would also.

did i mention that these slices look splendidly like snowflakes reminiscent of the flash blizzard we had today in Montreal or that everything in this recipe cost $10.17 (except the sauce)? damn straight.

some shredded carrot

and raw peeled and shredded beets

sliced red cabbage...kind of looks like the endoplasmic reticulum- only my favorite cell body part.

letters a.k.a lettuce

i couldn't decide which photograph showed the real essence and plethora flavors of the dragon bowl so it's up to you.

add some special dragon sauce bought especially from "Aux Vivres," a vegan restaurant on Boulevard St. Laurent that debuted the "dragon bowl" recipe above. however, mine is cheaper! and with all the leftovers i have it will last me a week. i've got cabbage up to my ears.

next up possibly kosher for passover...quinoa?