Squash – Cooking with a Cat https://www.ungatoenlacocina.com Recipes for Fast Metabolism Diet Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:15:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2 Dulce de batata: a sweet potato and squash dessert https://www.ungatoenlacocina.com/en/dulce-de-batata-a-sweet-potato-and-squash-dessert/ https://www.ungatoenlacocina.com/en/dulce-de-batata-a-sweet-potato-and-squash-dessert/#respond Sat, 22 Feb 2020 08:58:51 +0000 https://www.ungatoenlacocina.com/?p=4256 In the last few weeks I received many messages from different people in Argentina asking me to prepare some Argentine recipe for FMD. Since at the beginning of the year I promised that in 2018 I would make some of the recipes that…

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In the last few weeks I received many messages from different people in Argentina asking me to prepare some Argentine recipe for FMD. Since at the beginning of the year I promised that in 2018 I would make some of the recipes that you ask me, I decided to share a recipe inspired by Argentine cuisine.

Dulce de batata is a traditional dessert from Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, made from sweet potato, in my version I wanted to add squash to make it more original. I have used butternut squash, but you can also use different varieties. It is an easy dessert to prepare, delicious and 100% vegan, and is an excellent way to eat vegetables. I hope you like it 😉

Dulce de batata (sweet potato and squash dessert)

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Phase 1 · Phase 3 Serves: 1 - 2 Prep Time: Cooking Time:

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of sweet potato
  • 1 cup of squash
  • 1/4 cup of birch xylitol or stevia to taste
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon agar agar

Instructions

  1. Peel the squash and the sweet potato and cut them into pieces.
  2. Open the vanilla pod with a knife, remove all the seeds and reserve them.
  3. Put the vegetables in a pot with water and with the vanilla pod without seeds. Boil about 25-30 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
  4. Remove the vanilla pod and mash with a blender or fork.
  5. Put the obtained puree in a pot and add the vanilla seeds, the sweetener you use and the agar agar.
  6. Cook over medium heat, continually stirring until the puree begins to thicken.
  7. Pour the puree into a silicone mold and let it cool for at least 8 hours.

This recipe is suitable for the Fast Metabolism Diet – FMD Phase1 and Phase 3; This recipe only includes vegetables so that you can eat freely during the day. Even so, remember that it is important not to abuse the sweet potato / sweet potato or consume it every day, as Haylie and his team remind us.

For this recipe, you may need:

 

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Fall Buckwheat Soba https://www.ungatoenlacocina.com/en/fall-buckwheat-soba/ https://www.ungatoenlacocina.com/en/fall-buckwheat-soba/#respond Sun, 04 Nov 2018 11:28:57 +0000 https://www.ungatoenlacocina.com/?p=4722 After more than a month and a half in Japan, I can say without a doubt that soba is one of my favorite Japanese dishes. Whether cold or hot, these delicious thin noodles are great. Also, what many do not know is…

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After more than a month and a half in Japan, I can say without a doubt that soba is one of my favorite Japanese dishes. Whether cold or hot, these delicious thin noodles are great. Also, what many do not know is that the word “soba” means buckwheat in Japanese, in fact, these noodles are usually made 100% buckwheat flour (although there are also mixed with common wheat).

These noodles, in their hot version, are usually served in a bowl of broth accompanied by different toppings that can change according to the season. As I am a lover of autumn (which is the current season in Japan), I have used the food of this season to create this excellent recipe for fall soba. It is a recipe that is easy to make and has a unique flavor. Especially recommended for cold days.

If you want to make the vegan version of this recipe, you would only have to change the 240 gr of meat for 1 cup of cooked beans.

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Fall Buckwheat Soba

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Phase 1 Serves: 2 Prep Time: Cooking Time:

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of cooked buckwheat noodles *
  • 240 gr of minced pork **
  • 1 cup of kabocha (Japanese squash) or another type
  • 1 cup of Japanese sweet potato
  • 1/2 cup of carrot
  • 1/2 cup of leek
  • 1 cup of shimeji mushrooms or another type
  • 2 bunches of pak choy or spinach
  • 4 cups of vegetable broth
  • 2 tablespoons of tamari sauce
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • Salt

Instructions

  1. Peel the kabocha squash, sweet potato, and carrot and wash the rest of the vegetables.
  2. Cut the kabocha squash, sweet potato and carrot into similar pieces, approximately 1 cm each; cut the leek into slices; cut the pak choy into strips; eliminate the root of shimeji mushrooms and separate them from each other.
  3. In a large pot, put to braise the pork with tamari sauce, 3 or 4 tablespoons of broth, 1 clove of whole and peeled garlic and ground ginger. Leave to cook for 10 minutes and preserve.
  4. In the same pot, leave the garlic clove, and add the leek, the kabocha squash, the sweet potato, the carrot, and the broth. Cook at least 15 minutes covered, over medium heat.
  5. Add the remaining vegetables and adjust salt. Leave to cook 15 more minutes.
  6. When the vegetables and broth are ready, put the buckwheat noodles already cooked in two large bowls, distribute the vegetables in the bowls and cover everything with the boiling broth. Add the meat on top and serve.

This recipe is suitable for Fast Metabolism Diet Phase 1 – FMD P1. With these quantities, you get 2 protein servings, 2 grain servings and 2 veggies servings for <20 pounds.

For this recipe, you may need:

Notes

*If you can't find 100% buckwheta noodles, you can use other P1 grain noodles, like brown rice noodles . - **If you want to make the vegan version of this recipe, you would only have to change the 240 gr of meat for 1 cup of cooked beans.

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Celebrating Halloween: Vegan Squash Risotto https://www.ungatoenlacocina.com/en/celebrating-halloween-vegan-squash-risotto/ https://www.ungatoenlacocina.com/en/celebrating-halloween-vegan-squash-risotto/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:57:53 +0000 https://www.ungatoenlacocina.com/?p=2798 Halloween is coming, and many will be decorating the house, finishing the costume and buying candy. Well, I have bought squashes of different types to prepare some recipes for these days. Last week I posted the vegan pumpkin panellets, so this week I…

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Halloween is coming, and many will be decorating the house, finishing the costume and buying candy. Well, I have bought squashes of different types to prepare some recipes for these days.

Last week I posted the vegan pumpkin panellets, so this week I made a salty recipe. It is a vegan risotto, very simple to make and it also does not carry any type of fat. I hope you like it 🙂

Here you can read all my recipes with squashes.

Risotto vegano de calabaza

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Ingredients

  • 1 little Red Kuri squash (called Hokkaido too)
  • 1 cup butternut squash
  • 1/4 onion
  • 1/4 cup white beans
  • 1/3 cup of brown rice raw
  • 3/4 liter of vegetable broth (if you finish the broth before you can use water)
  • Rosemary
  • 1 pinch of White Pepper
  • Salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 390ºF (200ºC)
  2. Wash the Red Kuri on the outside and cut the top
  3. With a spoon, remove all seeds
  4. Cover the stubs with aluminium foil, so they do not burn
  5. Place the Red Kuri with the hollow up on a baking sheet with a little water
  6. Bake for about 15/20 minutes. When the Red Kuri is cooked, removed it from the oven and stored in the heat
  7. Meanwhile, finely chop the onion and put it in a non-stick pan with 1 or 2 tablespoons of broth. Let cook for a few minutes on low heat
  8. Cut the butternut squash into cubes about 1 cm and add to the onion
  9. After a few minutes add the rice with 1/2 cup of broth and remove
  10. Let the rice cook over medium heat and add 1/2 cup of broth when left almost without liquid
  11. Add rosemary, salt and a little white pepper
  12. When it is 5 minutes to finish the cooking of the rice, put the white beans in a beater with 1/4 cup of broth and beat until obtaining a homogenous puree
  13. Add the puree to the rice to give a creamier texture and continue cooking until the risotto is ready
  14. Fill the Red Kuri with the risotto. The Red Kuri skin is very tender and tasty, so that you can eat

This recipe is suitable for the Fast Metabolism Diet – FMD Phase1. With these quantities, you get 1 grain serving  and 1/2 protein serving for <20 pounds.

Notes

WARNING FOR CELIAC: always check that the products that you use are certified without gluten, for who has doubts in this respect can be informed in the following link: https://bit.ly/GlutenFreeSymbol

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