Website: Recipes for Health by Martha Rose Shulman
Mixed Bean and Winter Squash Stew with Fresh Basil
Page: www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/health/nutrition/14recipehealth.html?_r=1&ref=health
| Course Type: Soups and Stews
Tags: slow cooker vegetable main
Recipe Reviews
kateq from annapolis, md
This is one of those great recipes you can make in bulk and tuck a few portions in the freezer. I use my slow cooker for the beans and do spice it up a bit, adding aleppo pepper and a bit more garlic and salt. I don't soak the beans--I discovered that beans cooked slowly and on low or medium heat in the crockpot are lovely and creamy and so easy so I do all my beans that way. For this dish, I used a combo of kidney and cannellini beans and tucked a couple of bay leaves in with the beans at the start. I had some anchovies on hand and so added one or two to the pan when I was heating the oil---they dissolved and added a nice layer of flavor without any fish taste. Of course, that meant the dish was no longer vegetarian.
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