Tuesday, July 14, 2009

another beans, greens, and seeds dish

This is as easy as this one, just a little different.

Ingredients for 2 servings:
about 5 oz chopped greens (collards, kale, chard, bok choy, etc.)
some starchy veggies (carrot, beets, zucchini)
1 cup beans
3 Tbsp seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, hemp). Hemp make the creamiest sauce, so I like 2 Tbsp hemp, 1 of something else. Grind in coffee grinder
some herbs or spices if you want (today I used a lot of parsley, and some dill and basil).

Cook the greens and veggies and herbs together (easier that way). Collards, kale, carrots, eggplant, and beets take a similar time to cook so I like that combo in the pressure cooker for 3 minutes. or steam for 25 minutes (for collard greens). Add the beans and seeds and the water the veggies cooked or steamed in. It turns into a creamy sauce. I made this today with kohlrabi and its greens, 2 small beets and their greens, and a carrot for the veggies & greens; black beans; and the herbs I mentioned above. It was really good. The beets and carrots made it sweet so it doesn't really need more flavoring. This is in contrast to this version that combines eggplant and mushrooms with tomatoes. zucchini can go in both recipes.

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