Let's Make Turtle Soup: Bean, Cucumber & Broccoli Salad

20201111, "They're kidney beans. Plant them in the soil when you get home — they'll sprout." The old man laughed, but I couldn't. Plant it in soil and it sprouts. I'd never thought about it that way before. This bean is alive. A living bean that is both seed and life. Suddenly, eating it felt frightening. (Miyashita Natsu, #LetsMakeTurtleSoup) It's easy to forget that life exists in almost every ingredient we eat. This morning, kidney beans, chickpeas, tiger beans, peas, and black beans — so many #seeds and #lives — filled my hungry stomach. Boil the #beans that were soaked overnight, add cucumber, tomato, green beans, and broccoli, and finish with a light dressing of olive oil, white wine vinegar, and whole-grain mustard.