Black turtle bean

Meal number five, I love this one because it's like super cheap, all completely plant-based.

I call it rice and black beans.

That's it.

I make freshly made white rice topped with black beans that I cook with a little bit of salsa.

And then I add avocado on top of that, a little bit more salsa, shred some cheese on top of that, and then maybe some vegetables on the side.

This is one of those meals, man, that you'd be surprised on how delicious it tastes.

Vicento and I go back about 10 years.

I was so lucky to have her as a guest speaker for the first event I organized in my... vegan journey as um that was called the dairy free living event here in vancouver she is an internationally recognized dietitian award-winning author educator speaker and specialized in plant-based nutrition she has published all of those books including plant-powered protein which is another one i really love especially the uh Black Bean Cookie Surprise Cookie something, one of my favorite recipes, and the Kick Diabetes Cookbook, and many more.

Dr. Charlene Black is a professor emeritus in population and public health at the University of British Columbia here in Vancouver.

She is a physician, a researcher, an educator with a longstanding interest in...