Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 In preparation for going vegan on November 1st, I am trying out new recipes and stocking up my freezer with the leftovers. This was today's experiment. The recipe called for curly kale but I just couldn't face the look of it in the supermarket today so instead I used a combination of pak choy and mangetout (snowpeas) to add a bit of green. I used tinned aduki beans which made it a really quick meal, ready in 20 minutes. This made a delicious stew which I served with a brown and wild rice combo, but it would also have been good with potatoes. I have taken to using shallots in place of onion recently - you could replace the shallots with 1 medium onion. I ate one portion and I shall be freezing the rest. I expect it to freeze well. Christie Aduki Bean Stew 2 shallots or 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 carrots, finely chopped 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 large clove of garlic, finely crushed 1 leek, washed and finely sliced 1 400g tin of aduki beans or 200g dry beans soaked overnight 125g (4 oz) diced butternut squash 4 large leaves of pak choy, chopped 1 large handful of mangetout (snowpeas), sliced diagonally 0r 250g curly kale ½ pt (300 mls) vegetable stock ½ tsp turmeric ½ tsp ground cumin ½ tsp ground coriander salt and pepper to taste handful of chopped fresh coriander (cilantro) Saute shallots, leek, garlic and carrot in olive oil for a few minutes, add butternut squash, vegetable stock and spices. Simmer for 10 minutes, add kale or pak choy and mangetout. Simmer for a further 10 minutes, add chopped fresh coriander (cilantro) and serve. My stew was a bit thin so I added a handful of red lentils after 10 minutes and it thickened up nicely. Serves 4 Adapted from You Are What You Eat Cookbook by Gillian McKeith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 I am not much on Kale either, but neither do I like bokchoy...but this sounds like it would be good without either! ( & I *love* snow peas!) Congrats on your step forward! Thia On 10/14/06, christie_0131 <christie0131 wrote: > > In preparation for going vegan on November 1st, I am trying out new > recipes and stocking up my freezer with the leftovers. This was > today's experiment. The recipe called for curly kale but I just > couldn't face the look of it in the supermarket today so instead I > used a combination of pak choy and mangetout (snowpeas) to add a bit > of green. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 speaking badly of Kale? <fingers in ears going naaaaaa naaaaaaaanaaaaaaaanaaaaaaanaa I can't her you, naaaaaaanaaaaaaaanaaaaaaaaa!> - Thia .... Saturday, October 14, 2006 5:25 PM Re: Aduki Bean Stew I am not much on Kale either, but neither do I like bokchoy...but this sounds like it would be good without either! ( & I *love* snow peas!) Congrats on your step forward! Thia On 10/14/06, christie_0131 <christie0131 wrote: > > In preparation for going vegan on November 1st, I am trying out new > recipes and stocking up my freezer with the leftovers. This was > today's experiment. The recipe called for curly kale but I just > couldn't face the look of it in the supermarket today so instead I > used a combination of pak choy and mangetout (snowpeas) to add a bit > of green. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 That was the first time I had tried pak choy, Thia. I've been vegetarian for over 38 years. Greens in my childhood consisted of massively overcooked cabbage and brussels sprouts. Now I feel I ought to be eating more greens but the kale and spring greens (which I believe are a relative of collard greens) just looked so unappetising. At least the pak choy looked more attractive, LOL, and it couldn't be tasted in the finished dish! For ages the only green vegetable I ate was steamed broccoli. This year I have added asparagus, runner beans, mangetout (snowpeas) and sugarsnaps to my repertoire. Later in the year I will eat brussels sprouts and perhaps savoy cabbage (I'm not sure why it needs to be winter before I want to eat these). Perhaps my good friend Wee Khiong will give me a recipe for the rest of the pak choy (hint, hint, are you out there, Wee?) Christie , " Thia .... " <bipolyf wrote: > > I am not much on Kale either, but neither do I like bokchoy...but this > sounds like it would be good without either! ( & I *love* snow peas!) > > Congrats on your step forward! > > Thia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 I knew that was a dangerous admission to make in this group where it seems like greens rule, LOL. I live in a country where vegetables are neatly trimmed and beet and other greens rarely make it as far as the supermarket shelves. I do remember eating curly kale about 25 years ago and quite enjoying it, but today it just looked far too green! Christie , " PuterWitch " <puterwitch wrote: > > speaking badly of Kale? <fingers in ears going naaaaaa naaaaaaaanaaaaaaaanaaaaaaanaa I can't her you, naaaaaaanaaaaaaaanaaaaaaaaa!> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 On 10/14/06, christie_0131 <christie0131 wrote: > > That was the first time I had tried pak choy, Thia. I've been > vegetarian for over 38 years. Greens in my childhood consisted of > massively overcooked cabbage ..... > ohhh, my mother overcooked everything... greens were mushy, other foods were would I would call " burnt " . My parents claimed to like it that way. eww. As an adult, I found I like brussle sprouts, when not cooked to mush. I discovered snow peas. Green beans are great stir fried. I still don't care for broccoli, even when not overcooked...unless smothered in asian orange sauce! lol. I think my childhood repulsion to greens (collards, kale and the like) is so overwhelming, I am afraid to try them now... lol Although, I have found that cabbage lightly stir fried (still slightly crunchy) is ok!! Thia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 LOL! you are right, LOL. Please don't try any green once and turn against it, there are so many ways to make greens, hugs, Chanda - christie_0131 Saturday, October 14, 2006 6:30 PM Re: Aduki Bean Stew I knew that was a dangerous admission to make in this group where it seems like greens rule, LOL. I live in a country where vegetables are neatly trimmed and beet and other greens rarely make it as far as the supermarket shelves. I do remember eating curly kale about 25 years ago and quite enjoying it, but today it just looked far too green! Christie , " PuterWitch " <puterwitch wrote: > > speaking badly of Kale? <fingers in ears going naaaaaa naaaaaaaanaaaaaaaanaaaaaaanaa I can't her you, naaaaaaanaaaaaaaanaaaaaaaaa!> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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