Burdock and Seaweed

Ingredients 

2 cups parsnip chopped

1/3 cup burdock half moons

1/4 cup carrot match sticks

1/4 cup onion sliced

3 cloves garlic sliced

2 T fresh ginger sliced

2 T dehydrated daikon

1 T dehydrated daikon greens

3 strips dashi kombu 1x4"

2 large pinches kizami kumbu

1/2 cup wakame

thin strips nori

2 T olive oil

1 T herbes de provence

1 T curry

toasted sesame seeds
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heat olive oil
in a soup pot
till it shimmers
add roots and saute
add herbes de provence/stir
add curry
stir till fragrant
add water
bring to a gentle simmer
add kombus' and wakame
add daikon greens
cover/simmer/20mins
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spoon into bowls
top with nori and sesame
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options and opportunities 
yams/turnips/rutabaga 
fresh daikon
more garlic
kelp
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by
Burning Spear 
   

Buckwheat and Burdock

Buckwheat and Burdock

1 handfull{sorba} buckwheat noodles

2 cups cabbage thinly sliced

1/2 cup burdock root 1/2 rnds

1/4 cup onion thinly sliced

1 T fresh garlic sliced

2 T fresh ginger sliced

2 T dehydrated daikon chopped

2 T dehydrated daikon greens
2 T olive oil

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herbs and flavors

1 T curry

1 T herbes de provence

1/4 t tamarinde paste 

1 t fennel/sea salt/pepper

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1 Cup cubed smoked tofu
 or tempeh

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in a heavy soup pot
heat the olive oil
till it shimmers
add cabbage
and roots
stir
add
herbes de provence
and curry
stir till fragrant
add water
bring to a simmer
add fennel/tamarind
salt and pepper
daikon leaves 
add
tofu
tempeh 
simmer
add noodles
simmer 20 mins


enjoy


Options and Opportunities
use a good soup stock
marinate your tofu
grill your tempeh
use grape seed oil
fresh daikon
dried burdock
no salt
sea vegetables  





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