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Butternut Squash and White Bean Soup
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
01/27/13 01:51
Found in the cupboard: Cannellini beans. Found on top of washing machine: 1 butternut squash (don't ask). Found in freezer: Spinach. Solution on a wintry evening while fending off a cold? A hearty, soul-warming soup (adapted from here). Ingredients Olive...
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Dragon Beans with Shallot and Balsamic Reduction
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10/13/12 22:05
One day in early autumn, while forging through the tulgey wood,* we found dragon beans. Obviously, the name alone meant that we had to buy them. There is, after all, something deeply satisfying about responding to the question "What should we have for dinner...
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Butter Beans with Sweet Peppers and Tomato
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
08/28/12 17:49
Found in the garden: Sweet Italian heirloom peppers, tomatoes, flat-leaf parsley Found in the cupboard: Red Bhutanese rice, butter beans Found in self: A lazy summer reluctance to go anywhere near the store Solution: Quick, easy, and delicious—variation...
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Easy Rice and Beans
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
07/26/12 19:51
Rice and beans. Dispelling the myth that fast food, healthy food, and delicious food are non-overlapping categories, one bowl at a time. Serve this over brown rice, and make extra—it's even better reheated the next day (just hold off on slicing the avocado...
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Mostly Plants in a Hurry: White Beans with Tomatoes and Cilantro
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
07/02/12 22:26
This isn't the flashiest dish, looks-wise, but they say it's what's on the inside that counts. And oh, my, its insides are delicious. Good for when you're low on time and happen to have some tomatoes and fresh cilantro on hand. It reheats well, so consider...
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Saffron Risotto with Fava Beans and Prosciutto
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05/12/12 06:39
Fava beans, meet prosciutto. Prosicutto, fava beans. Let's throw some rice at them and toast the happy couple. Ingredients Olive oil 1 red onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 rounded cup Arborio rice 1 ladleful white wine 28 oz chicken and/or veggie...
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Red Rice and Black Beans with Peppers and Cilantro
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
01/20/12 20:55
There are few things as simple, hearty, inexpensive, and roundly delicious as rice and beans. Here's one of our favorite versions yet. For the rice: Combine 1 cup red Bhutanese rice and just barely under 1 1/4 cups water in a pot and bring to a boil. Turn...
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Sauteed Green Beans with Balsamic Reduction
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08/13/11 21:39
I may have cast some texture-related aspersions in the general direction of green beans awhile back, and feel compelled to clarify. Ahem. I have always loved green beans (since at least three or four days ago). Their texture is not squeaky (when made as...
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Quick Lunch: Tuscan White Beans and Chard
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
07/17/11 23:55
A perfect summertime recipe for leftover home-cooked cannellini beans, and fits the bill when you're in the mood for a weekendy backyard picnic with a glass of wine and something Italian, but can't really muster up the patience to wait for pasta water to...
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Sauteed Green Beans with Almonds
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
07/08/11 22:49
The trouble with green beans, I've decided, is all about texture. They insist on being too mealy, or too dry, or too rubbery and squeaky when steamed, or too shriveled when forgotten in a pan of roasted vegetables under the asparagus (although I admit the...
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White Bean and Chickpea Spread with Cumin and Cilantro
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07/05/11 18:45
You know how chickpeas are slightly too thick to make a good spread, and white beans are slightly too watery? I think I may have had a culinary epiphany. Or possibly the 100 degree weather has addled my brain. Regardless, this was both easy to make and...
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Black Beans and Rice with Greens and Oregano
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06/13/11 18:21
The combination of rice and beans and whatever greens we have on hand tends to be my go-to meal when I haven't thought ahead about dinner and just want something straightforward and easy that doesn't require going to the store. Because it's the Backup Plan...
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Fresh Fava Beans
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05/08/11 20:19
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. And when fresh favas show up in your CSA box for the fourth week in a row, any patient fondness you had for the quaint pastime of shelling broad beans tends to give way to a sudden need to drastically reduce...
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Black Beans and Rice with Cilantro and Lime
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04/09/11 04:52
I'm not sure it's possible to go wrong with rice and beans, but this version turned out to be particularly addictive. I suspect adding some avocado on top would do delightful things, as well. Ingredients Olive oil 1 medium shallot, chopped 1 1/2 cups black...
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