đ„ beans + more beans + more mistakes
Three things I am making, loving + thinking about this week
01 | making
A POT OF BEANS
For the past couple months, I have been making a pot of beans every week and enjoying them daily for second breakfast.* Itâs an easy, healthy, and quick option that doesnât drag my energy down like a sugary or heavy meal might.Â
These arenât beans to use in other things. This is a pot of beans that stands on its own. Theyâre flavorful, filling, and robust. Eat them as-is or serve them with toasted bread, a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil, and a dusting of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.
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* First breakfast is a miso latte. And, yes, I eat like a hobbit.
02 | loving
Speaking of beans, here are three of my favorite purveyors of larruping good legumes. When youâre working with so few ingredients, itâs best to start with the best.
Heirloom Beans, Grains, Spices, and More
RANCHO GORDO
Heirloom Beans and Unusual Legumes
ZURSUN
Heirloom Organic Lentils and Specialty Grains
TIMELESS FOODS
* I was searching for an adjective that begins with an âlâ to pair with legumes when I came across this new to me adverb and I just had to use it. I mean, who doesnât love larruping good legumes?
03 | thinking
In the Nothing in the Way newsletter this week, Sunni Brown shared her life motto: a Japanese expression shoshaku jushaku, which roughly translates to one continuous mistake.
This, of course, resonated with me, seeing that the name of this newsletter is a an anagram of mistake. This motto is especially relevant when living a creative life. As Sunni says: mistake-making is an elixir for potentiation⊠Making mistakes means weâre experimenting or prototyping, taking a risk, and learning something.
Pair that with a passage from Rick Rubinâs book: When the work has five mistakes, itâs not yet completed. When it has eight mistakes, it might be. Art is nothing more than a series of experiments, mistakes, and play.
There are no mistakes, only makeâŠ