Black bean and Butternut

Black bean and Butternut

ingredients

1 and 1/2 lb butternut squash

1 cup black beans

 1/2 cup onion chopped

1/2 cup carrot chopped

1/2 cup celery chopped well

5 cloves garlic minced

1 jalapeno pepper 

 seeded and chopped
1 T ginger minced

1 T dehydrated burdock

1 T dehydrated epazote

1 T dehydrated daikon

1 T cumin seeds 

toasted and ground

2 T lemon juice

2 t fully mineralized sea salt

2 T olive oil
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soak beans 6 to 8 hrs

rinse and add to a 4 qt soup pot

add 3 qts water

rolling boil for 10 mins

remove foam

 simmer uncovered 45 mins
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cut squash in half

roast 40 mins in a 400 degree oven
remove and let cool
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add onion carrot and celery to the beans
add garlic jalapeno ginger epazote
burdock and daikon
add water as needed
return to simmer for 30 mins
remove from heat
peel squash chop and add 
add cumin lemon olive oil and salt
puree with immersion blender
add water and salt to taste
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options and opportunities
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drizzle olive oil on each bowl
add lemon juice
fresh epazote
fresh daikon
fresh burdock


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in Minnesota burdock grows wild