Potato Dumplings w/ Spinach Tomato Sauce

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Ingredients

• 2 Red potatoes
• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose Flour
• 1 cup Wheat flour
• 1 Flax seed egg
• 5 medium Tomatoes(chopped)
• 1 cup Mushrooms
• 1 Garlic clove(diced)
• 1 medium Onion(chopped)
• 1 Green pepper(chopped)
• ½ tsp Basil
• ½ tsp Oregano
• ½ tsp Thyme
• ½ tsp Cane sugar(optional)
• ½ tsp Cayenne pepper
• ½ tsp Sea salt(optional)
• Baby spinach
• 1 Tbs olive oil

Directions

Tomato Sauce

In a pot heat olive oil and add onions, green peppers, mushrooms and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil, oregano, thyme, cane sugar, cayenne pepper, salt. Simmer for 1 hour.

In a separate pan cook spinach and drain excess water then add to tomato sauce.

Potato Dumplings

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Peel potatoes, add to pot and boil until tender. Let potatoes cool then run through a cheese grater. If you do not have one mash with a fork. Add flour and flax seed egg. Knead until dough forms a ball. Shape small portions into a snake and cut into half inch pieces.

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Drop in dumplings and cook for 3 minutes or until it has risen to the top. Serve topped with spinach tomato sauce.

Some Health Benefits

Spinach supports blood, brain, nervous system, eye, skin and bone health. It helps repair damaged and swollen cells - so it's useful against inflammation and cancers. Spinach also boosts the immune system.

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