Three Sisters Dish for Thanksgiving

 Comparative with:
Simply Recipes version

• Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 yellow onion, diced (about 1 cup)
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pound butternut or kabocha squash as the pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes (about 2 cups)  ==or Johnna thinks it's easier to roast the squash in the oven, the scoop out the meat.  I hate peeling winter squash.
• 1 (15-ounce) can diced fire-roasted tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4 cup vegetable broth (such as Better than Boullion)
• 1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels
• 3 cups Scarlet Runner Beans, already cooked. (or more beans, so it's equal to the pumpkin?)
• 2 cups chopped greens (such as spinach or kale)
• Parsley or Cilantro to decorate the top.
  
  

• Johnna's directions.

• Roast the squash the day before
• Cook the beans the day before.  I can cooked the beans Wednesday night after we arrive.  I'll probably cook a pound which makes 7 cups.  I can put any leftovers into burritos later.
• Saute onions for 5 minutes
• Add garlic and saute a minute more
• Add canned tomatoes, tomato paste, spices and salt, and broth.  Bring to boil and cook 15 minutes to remove the canned taste of the tomato.
• While the tomato sauce is cooking, Remove meat from squash and chop/scoop into bite sized chunks.
  
  Add the Three Sisters: Squash, Beans, and corn. If adding kale, add it now, if spinach add it at the end..  Cook another ten minutes on the stove to make hot through.  
  
  

• Presentation ideas:

• Simple: serve hot Three Sisters in a bowl-type serving dish, topped with cilantro.  This is my preferred way to go.
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  Fancy: Make a cornbread batter, bake Three Sisters in casserole dish topped with cornbread for 20-25 minutes until cornbread is cooked.  But, we already have cornbread stuffing on the table, so this doesn't make sense.
  
  Theatrical.  Serve in a roasted whole pumpkin.  Or in small individual roasted pumpkins.  If serving in pumpkin, reduce or eliminate squash from mixture above.
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