Weekly Beans

One of the things I want to do in 2026 is to cook more beans. It occurred to me a few nights ago that I should try to make at least one bean dish each week.

I started on January 2 with a chicken, wild rice, and black eyed pea soup.

Here are some more ideas:

Enfrijoladas

Garbanzos con Espinacas y Jengibre

Pizza beans

Cauliflower with cassoulet beans and capers

Red beans and rice for Mardi Gras

Cranberry bean and cabbage soup with kale pesto

Good Mother Stallards with tomatillo salsa, perhaps as a side for carne asada

Carne en su jugo

Lima, sausage, and fennel stew

Succotash

Homemade refried beans. I need to turn myself a machacadora first.

Pasta e fagioli

Mujadara

White bean chili (good use of our garden tomatillos)

Charro beans

Costa Rican Gallo Pinto

Ribollita

Escarole bean soup

Alison Roman’s chickpea stew

Roasted cabbage and butter beans

What else should I make? Please send me your favorite bean dishes!