bean Recipes
I cook with beans constantly, and have a real affinity for heirloom beans. This is a list of favorite bean recipes, and the ways I like to put them to use in the kitchen.
Spicy Instant Pot Taco Soup
Taco Soup, a weeknight winner. A hearty melding of beans, and corn, and taco spices, and quinoa. Finished with avocado and pepitas and a squeeze of lime.
Ultimate Veggie Burger
The ultimate veggie burger recipe made with a secret trick, garbanzo beans, cilantro, onions, lemon zest, eggs, and bread crumbs.
Melissa Clark’s Instant Pot Hummus (with Variations)
Instant Pot Hummus, the one recipe that keeps my Instant Pot on the counter (instead of under it). Melissa Clark's recipe results in a silky smooth hummus. Once you nail down the method, the variations you can do are endless.
White Bean Soup with Pesto Herb Dumplings
The perfect dinner. A hearty white bean soup topped with pillowy dollops of herb-packed pesto dumplings. Both vegan and vegetarian versions.
Slow Cooker Ribollita
By popular request! A wonderfully hearty, slow cooker version of ribollita, the famous Tuscan stew made with bean, vegetables, dark greens, and day-old bread.
Creamy Four Ingredient Chili Mac (Instant Pot / Conventional)
Chili, beer, and elbow pasta. I know of no other dinner that takes less effort than the Instant Pot version of this. It's literally for nights when take-out takes too long, and is too much effort. Seriously.
My Ten Most Popular Recipes of 2017
It's always a bit of a surprise. Here are the top recipes from 101 Cookbooks for 2017.
White Chard Stew
An A+ white chard riff on a ribollita, using anything and everything on hand.
Weekday Vegetable Soup
A simple vegetable soup recipe. Perfect for weekdays. Made with tomatoes, white beans, celery, and some herbs. It's simple, and straight-forward with a finishing basil accent.
Cocagne Bean & Artichoke Salad
The bean & artichoke salad I made to take to Easter this year - pickled celery, chopped kalamata olives and toasted walnuts, along with tender artichokes, and lots of the white cocagne beans I picked up at my neighborhood farmers' market.
