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Ingredients
- 2 cups dried Yellow Eye beans
- 1 cup dried rice beans (you can use 3 cups of your choice of dried beans in place of these)
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 T extra virgin olive oil
- 1 t salt
- 1 small handful of dried porcini mushrooms
- For the stew:
- 4 T extra virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 T minced fresh thyme leaves
- 3 carrots, sliced into rounds or half rounds, depending on thickness
- 1 1/2 lbs crimini mushrooms, sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 t aleppo pepper o(or more to taste)
- AllStar Organics rosemary salt, to taste (see here for where I discuss or just sub 1 t dried rosemary or 1 T fresh)
- 3 T AP flour
- 8 sun-dried tomato rounds, either packed in oil or soaked in hot water
- 1 cup red wine of choice
- 1-3 T balsamic vinegar, to taste
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 1256g | |
| Calories 1106 | |
| Calories from Fat 220 | 20% |
| Total Fat 25.14g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat 3.52g | 14% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 2572mg | 107% |
| Potassium 4308mg | 123% |
| Total Carbs 200.57g | 53% |
| Dietary Fiber 14.8g | 49% |
| Sugars 29.39g | 20% |
| Protein 23.87g | 38% |
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