Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1              Small  winter squash or half large
  2               Cups  cooked Brown Rice
  2               Cups  cooked Aduki Beans
                        Gravy
  1         Tablespoon  Peanut or Sesame oil
  1              Bunch  Scallions (chopped)
  2        Tablespoons  fresh Ginger (ground & squeezed)
  1         Tablespoon  Cornstarch or Kuzu
                        Half cup Shiitake mushrooms
  2        Tablespoons  Soy sauce or low sodium Tamari
  2        Tablespoons  Parsley (chopped)

Preparation:

Peel squash and discard seeds. Cut into 1 inch cubes. Set aside. Cook the organic short grain brown rice. You may substitute organic quick brown rice if you need something fast. You may cook your own aduki beans. That takes 2 hours (20 minutes in a pressure cooker) or you can get 1-2 cans of organic aduki, or red beans in a natural food store. Combine all the ingredients from above. Put in a medium sauce pot. Heat before serving and top with hot gravy. Gravy In a shallow saute pan add the peanut or sesame oil, chopped scallions, parsley, and half a cup of sliced Shiitake mushrooms. Saute on low for 5 minutes. Combine the grated ginger, corn starch or kuzu dissolved in 3/4 cup of water, and soy sauce or Tamari. Add marinade to the cooked mushrooms and stir until the mixture thickens. Add Tahini. Taste and serve over squash, beans and rice.

Nutritional Information:

437 Calories (kcal); 3g Total Fat; (6% calories from fat); 9g Protein; 92g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 4mg Sodium