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Recipes

Now that we have all this wonderful food coming into our kitchens, what do we do with it all? Try new recipes, of course! We are going to need your recipes for all the
crops coming in. Also, any articles on canning and/or otherwise preserving vegetables would be greatly appreciated for a future issue.

Green Bean Pate

Green beans are coming in. This is spread is great on crackers and sandwiches.

# 1/2 C walnuts
# 1 medium onion, chopped
# 1 T vegetable oil
# 2 C cooked green beans
# 1/2 lb. firm tofu, drained and mashed
# 1 T tamari
# dash of black pepper
# dash of ground nutmeg
# 2 T. mirin (a sweet oriental cooking wine available at Sun Harvest and oriental markets)
# Water or soy milk, as needed

Toast walnuts in a dry skillet over medium high heat, stirring constantly, until lightly brown and fragrant. Remove from heat and cool. Sauté onion in the vegetable
oil, stirring often until very limp and lightly browned. Pulverize green beans in food processor. Add remaining ingredients to food processor and process into a
smooth paste. If necessary, add water or soy milk, tsp. at a time, to assist in processing.

(From Ecological Cooking by Joanne Stepaniak and Kathy Hecker)

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Recipes and cooking:

* For interesting recipes to use with our harvest crop try: http://www.yumyum.com
* Veggies Unite! has a lengthy archive of veg recipes: http://www.vegweb.com/food/wkly_rec_archive.shtml

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