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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Mung bean and Daikon soup
























Mung bean and Daikon soup

1 C mung beans 
1 C daikon batons
1/2 C yam julienned 
1/2 C burdock half rounds
1/4 C dehydrated daikon
1/4 C chopped ginger
1/4 C chopped garlic
1/2 med onion thin 1/2 moons
med serrano pepper sliced
pinch of hijiki
pinch of wakame

herbs

T  herbes de provence
T  curry
t  turmeric
t  gram marsala


3 qt soup pot
3 T olive oil


heat oil until it shimmers
add roots/stir 2 or 3 mins
add herbes de provence/stir
add serrano pepper
rinse and add mung beans
add curry/turmeric/gram marsala 
stir until fragrant 
add water
add sea vegetables
bring to simmer/cover/stir/45 mins
mung beans will expand
salt to taste


options and opportunities


soak beans overnight
julienned jicama
julienned cohlrabi
top each bowl with a teaspoon of
coconut butter
mix your own curry
mix your own
herbes de provence
marinade your roots
use fully mineralized salt





  
  


Sunday, August 1, 2010

Chilled Peach and Pecan soup

Ingredients

3 peaches
2 C pecan mlk
1/2 C raw or roasted pecans
coriander

remove pits and chop 2 1/2 peaches
thinly slice 1/2 peach
combine pecan mlk and chopped peaches / blend
pour into bowls / top with pecans / sliced peaches
coriander

options and opportunities

soak pecans overnight
dehydrate pecans
buy or build a solar dehydrator
fresh grated nutmeg
top with pistachios
caramelized pecans
wash your peaches well
peeling is optional









Raw Pecan mlk



Ingredients

1/4 C raw honey or agave
1 1/2 C raw pecans
4 C water
2 T raw coconut butter
1/4 t nutmeg or coriander
1/4 t salt

soak pecans overnight
drain / rinse
blend ingredients in blender
season to taste
chill
use fully mineralized salt 



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Utensils

2 qt soup pot
lg mixing bowl
lg chopping knife
mixing spoons
bamboo cutting board

Roots

burdock/daikon/onion/garlic/ginger/parsnip

Greens

dinosaur kale // cabbage

Fruit

apple/currents

Nuts

pecans

Herbs

1 T curry / 1 T herbes de provence

seasonings

1 T olive oil
1 T apple cider vinegar

wash 5 leaves of kale/drain
trim and mince stems
crosscut leaves into fine ribbons
4x1" piece burdock thin 1/2 rounds
2x1" piece ginger thin slices
3 cloves garlic chopped
4x2" piece daikon julienned
4x2" piece parsnip julienned
1/4 med onion thinly sliced
small wedge cabbage thinly sliced

slice 1/2 apple into thin slices

put roots and cabbage in pot with 1 1/2 cups water
bring to simmer/add kale/herbs/stir
add apple/curry/stir/cover/simmer 5 to 7 mins
pour into mixing bowl/add olive oil and apple cider vinegar
mix/let it mingle/3 or 4 mins
add 1 C pecans and 1/2 C currants /mix
salt to taste

options and opportunities
use fully mineralized salt
granny smith/gala/pippin
soak and dehydrate pecans
grow your own kale
russian/curly/dinosaur
dandelion/mustard/collard
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try this in a crockpot
build a solar dehydrator
try a long handled soup spoon

song for the month
"garden party"
Rick Nelson