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White Bean Soup

Hearty soup that fills you from the inside out

Recipe from Rainbow Plant Life. Substituted dill for rosemary (what can I say, dill was on sale), baby lima beans for cannelini beans, and dried sage (1 tsp) for fresh sage (1-2 twigs).

Curried White Bean Hemp HummusSTUFF1 15 oz can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed¼ cup shelled hem

Curried White Bean Hemp Hummus

STUFF
1 15 oz can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
¼ cup shelled hemp seeds
1 large clove garlic
3 Tbsp fresh lime juice
2 tsp curry powder
½ tsp salt
1/8 tsp cayenne powder
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 Tbsp water

STEPS
Place all ingredients in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the S blade. Blend all ingredients until smooth and completely combined, which could take about one to two minutes.

Season to taste with additional salt and lime juice, if necessary. Serve drizzled with olive oil on seeded crackers, warm pita bread, or crudité.


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On a rainy and chill Spring day, a steaming bowl of these fragrant Courgette and Tomato Beans makes a hearty and comforting lunch.

Ingredients (serves 1):

  • 1 heaped tablespoon duck fat, Goose FatorCapon Fat
  • ½ onion
  • ½ small red or orange bell pepper
  • a small courgette, rinsed
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • ½ can white navy beans
  • 1Whole Peeled Tomato + 1/3 cup of its juice
  • salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Hot Pepper Sauce
  • ½ cup water
  • 4 cherry tomatoes
  • 2 teaspoons caster sugar

In a medium, deep, nonstick skillet, melt Capon Fat over medium-high heat.

Peel and finely chop onion. Seed and chop bell pepper. Add chopped onionandbell pepper to the skillet, and cook, a couple of minutes.

Dicecourgette, and stir into the skillet. Cook, a couple of minutes more. Add minced garlic,dried thymeand dried basil, and cook, 1 minute. 

Drainwhite beans and rinse them under cold water. Drain them once more, thoroughly, and stir into the skillet. Fry, 3 minutes.

Roughly chop Whole Peeled Tomato, and stir into the skillet, along with its juice. Season, to taste, with saltandblack pepper. Stir in Hot Pepper Sauce. Then, stir in water, and bring to the boil.

Halvecherry tomatoes.

Once boiling, reduce heat to medium-low, stir in cherry tomatoes, and simmer, 5 minutes or so. Stir in caster sugar until completely dissolved.

ServeCourgette and Tomato Beans hot, with a slice or two of toastedWholemeal Loaf.

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