White Bean and Asparagus Stew
I tried this recipe out for the first time on two dinner guests. That was rather brave!
They were good friends, and you never know how some people react to beans. Sometimes people get gas unless your take the proper steps.
I had taken all the precautions though, and they loved it! They explained it was very tasty but I had made the mistake of revealing what was for dessert. They didn’t eat extra helpings of stew because they were saving room for carob brownies! Although I made them wait for an hour to have dessert so as not to interfere with the beans digesting.
I hope you enjoy this as much as they did!
This recipe contains three powerfoods: asparagus, seaweed, and stevia
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups dry white beans
2 pieces of Wakame (seaweed)
4 bay leaves
1 large onion, chopped finely
1/2 lb. green asparagus, remove woody stems, cut into 2-inch pieces
4 Tbsp vegetable oil or unsalted butter
2 carrots, sliced in rounds
2 pieces celery, chopped
1 – 3 cloves of garlic, chopped
1/4 tsp Liquid dark stevia
1 tsp basil
1 tsp marjoram
2 – 3 Tbsp Tamari
2 – 3 Tbsp Braggs
1 Tbsp minced fresh parsley
freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
1. Cook beans for 1 – 2 hours (time is dependant on the age of the beans) according to recipe titled “COOKING BEANS”.
2. When beans are soft, add Wakame, bay leaves, Braggs, Tamari, basil, marjoram and stevia.
3. Sauté onion, celery and garlic in oil. When golden brown, add to the cooked beans.
4. Then add carrots and asparagus.
5. Simmer for half an hour or till vegetables are tender.
6. Mix in parsley and add black pepper to taste.
Serves 4
Here are two more tasty bean recipes:
- Chilli con Vege – Vegan chili Gluten free!
- Adzuki Vegetable Bean Stew – a simple recipe with one of the easiest to digest beans
About Diana Herrington
I am the head chef at Real Food for Life and author of the GREEN means LEAN and Balance Your Body e-books. I turned a debilitating health crisis into a passion for helping others with healthy, sugar free, gluten free eating and cooking.
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Thank you! I will be trying this out, soon! I like it, that it includes three powerfoods!
We love beans and asparagus, so you can be sure, we will be trying this recipe.
Thanks for sharing. Dianna & Harvey
At our June Health Holiday Retreat http://realfoodforlife.com/retreats this was a favorite.
eating asparagus tho, emit bad body odor.
Braggs? clue me in. I am only familiar with Braggs apple cider vinegar.
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This is simply one of the best dishes I have ever prepared ! I enjoy vegetarian cooking and I try all kinds of crazy recipes, but this one was fairly straightforward (liquid stevia was the hardest ingredient to find) and I will be preparing this again whenever I have guests for dinner.
The only critique I offer is that the list of ingredients does not mention garlic but in the cooking instructions I have to add garlic with the chopped onion. This is probably not a concern for most cooks, but I have to follow cooking instructions to the letter since I don’t have much experience. I used 5 cloves of minced garlic which I sauteed along with the celery and onion. Must have been right because the flavor was spot on !!!
Happy to hear you enjoyed it Mike. Thank you for letting me know about the list of ingredients; I have now added the garlic to the list. Of course you can use as much or as little as you would like.
this sounds yummy, thank you
namaste’…rachel