A Simple Lunch

With an autumn chill in the air, a warm and comforting high-energy lunch began with tiny teff seeds soaked and then steamed, but any grain would be good.  During the last few minutes of cooking, a handful of diced  tomatoes is stirred in.  Coarsely-chopped carrots are also steamed to a crisp-crunch, and added to a second serving dish containing olive oil whisked with lemon juice and crushed garlic;  dried chili pepper flakes, oregano, thyme, chopped tomatoes, diced red, yellow and orange peppers, chopped spiced green olives, and sprouted sunflower seeds are folded into the carrots in dressing, and the dish is dusted with fresh chopped chives.  The warm teff is topped with a sunflower micros-greens and a light sprinkling of Himalayan salt. The Teff Pilaf and Carrot, Tomato, Pepper Topping is served with 'Jamaican jerked-tomato and flax' dehydrator crackers.