Spiced Butternut Squash Soup

Spiced Butternut Squash Soup

  

In a pressure cooker bowl, or a sauce pan will do:

2  oil

2 lbs. cubed butternut squash

1 medium onion, chopped

Sauté butternut squash and onion until butternut squash is golden, about 8 minutes.

Add:

2  butter

2 T sugar

1 tsp minced garlic, fresh or dry

Saute another 6-8 minutes.

Add:

1½ tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger

½ tsp ground cloves

dash of cardamom (this is optional, I am a cardamom lover)

 Add 3 cups chicken broth and simmer for 10 minutes.

If you are using a pressure cooker, place lid on and set timer for 5 minutes.  This is the most flavorful way to make it. A pan on the stove works in a pinch.

Puree in a food processor, or using an immersion blender (or a blender with the lid hole removed so it doesn't explode lol). 

Add 1 C Cream.  This is optional..we like it with and without the cream.  You can always add cream on a per bowl basis. 

Roman Fava Beans ~pressure cooker alert! ♥

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Roman Fava Beans

These are so yummy!  If you like Victor Emmanuals fava beans,  you will love these.(for you Berks County, PA residents who know what Victor's is)

In your pressure cooker:

1½ c fava beans (dried)

Water

Cook fava beans on high setting (meat if you have it)  for 25 mins.

Drain.

In pressure cooker or pot on stove:

¼ c olive or grapeseed oil (I prefer grapeseed)

1 C finely chopped onions

2 slices chopped bacon (this is optional, I don't add these)

1 T parsley

Cook in your pressure cooker until onions are done.

Add beans back in along with:

3/4 c chicken stock

2 T minced garlic (dry or jarred)

1 tsp salt

Pepper

Simmer uncovered 15-20 mins.

Cranberry Relish...no cook raw foods recipe

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This is a super-fast recipe to make for your Thanksgiving table

Cranberry Relish

No cook method

2½ Cups

In a food processor:

1 bag (12 oz) fresh cranberries

1 orange peel off, can be cut up

1 cup sugar

Pulse until chopped but not pureed. 

Put in refrigerator for at least two days or up to two weeks.

(you can taste it now if you want, I love it freshly made but it gets better with age)

Cranberries are so good for you...don't limit them to holidays.  The more natural a state you eat them in, the better.  Yes, we are adding sugar to them...that's a bad thing, but if the sugar gets you to eat the cranberries more, then so be it.  

The cranberry institute

I am such a carb freak so I am going to make some biscotti later today...here's my recipe with cranberries.

My Favorite Biscotti Recipe