Day 277 Shiitake Mushroom and Cabbage Soup

Shiitake Mushroom and Cabbage Soup

1/2 Pound Shiitake Mushrooms, stemmed and sliced, reserve the stems
3 Cups Cabbage, sliced
1/2 Gallon Veggie Stock
1 Cup Celery, sliced
1 Carrot, diced
1 Onion, diced
1/2 Cup Scallions, sliced, green parts reserved
1 Cup Bok Choy
2 Inch Piece of Ginger, sliced
Garlic Clove
1 Teaspoon Thai Red Chili Paste
3 Tablespoons Soy Sauce

1.  In a large pan, add stock, mushroom stems, green parts of the scallions, ginger, and garlic. Bring to a boil over medium heat.  Cook for 30 minutes.  Add the chili paste and soy sauce and mix well.  Remove from heat.

2.  Drain the stock, removing all the solids.  Return to the pan.  Add the carrots, onions, celery, scallions, bok choy and cabbage.  Cook for 15 minutes.

Pairs well with 2013 Crushed Cellars Chardonnay

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Day 87 Lupini and Shiitake Pasta

Lupini and Shiitake Pasta

1 Recipe Neopolitan Sauce (Day 86)
2 Ounces Shiitake Mushrooms, sliced
15 Ounce Jar Lupini Beans*
5 Sweet Peppers, sliced
1 Pound Penne Pasta
Nutritional Yeast for garnish

*This was my first time using lupini beans.  They are similar to fava beans with an outer shell and crunchy inside.  They are not my favorites.  I would consider substituting cannelloni beans.

Sauce

1.  Boil the pasta in a large pot according to package directions.  Drain.

2.  Heat the Neopolitan Sauce in a large pan over medium heat.  Add the mushrooms, beans and peppers.  Cook until the additions are heated through.

3.  Mix with the pasta.  Garnish with the nutritional yeast.

Goes well with sesame breadsticks.

Pairs well with la Zorra temperillo.

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