Tag: beans
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Frijoles Charros y Frijoles Puercos
Read more…: Frijoles Charros y Frijoles PuercosFor this week’s bean adventure, I made Charro Beans, or Frijoles Charros. I looked at multiple recipes and cobbled together my own, which I’ll attempt to put down in words here: Notes: Since I made a full pound of beans, I had plenty of leftovers. What do you do with leftover charro beans? According to…
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Caramelized Beans with Tomato & Cabbage
Read more…: Caramelized Beans with Tomato & CabbageI’ve been lax on the bean dishes the last couple weeks, but I’m back with a good one: Alison Roman’s Caramelized Beans with Tomato & Cabbage. It was good! Pretty easy to make. Not a lot of active time, mostly waiting on things to cook. I used cabbage and tomatoes from my freezer, since I’ve…
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Escarole White Bean Soup
Read more…: Escarole White Bean SoupThis week’s bean dish was a white bean soup with escarole and ham. I was going to make a vegetable soup with yellow eye beans, but when I was in the grocery store, I spotted escarole, which I don’t see in many stores around here, so I bought a head of it and resolved to…
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Red Beans and Rice
Read more…: Red Beans and RiceAs we are coming up to Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday, this week’s bean dish was Red Beans and Rice. This Tuesday is looking a little busy for us, so we opted to make it this weekend and invited some friends over for dinner. It was Valentine’s Day, so Amanda and Charlie set the mood with hand-painted…
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Creamy Rio Zape Bean Dip
Read more…: Creamy Rio Zape Bean DipThis week’s bean dish is an appetizer for the Super Bowl party we are going to this afternoon. I doubled the recipe on this Rio Zape bean dip from Rancho Gordo: I’ve made a couple different recipes with Rio Zape beans, and they are the tastiest bean varietal I’ve tried so far. Velvety texture and…
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Christmas Lima bean, fennel, and sausage stew
Read more…: Christmas Lima bean, fennel, and sausage stewThis week I planned on making some green lentils in mujadara for my weekly bean dish, but with the blizzard, we needed some hearty stew. I found this recipe in the Rancho Gordo Heirloom Bean Guide. On the blizzard: Just before eating this, I measured 11 inches of snow. We have at least 3 more…
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Chili with Vaquero beans
Read more…: Chili with Vaquero beansThis week’s bean dish was chili with vaquero beans. My original plan for this week was a lentil dish, but after rummaging around in the basement freezer, I realized we had tomatoes, tomato paste, and beef, so a nice hearty bowl of chili came to mind. Perfect for today’s snowstorm, which dropped four inches of…
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Cassoulet bean gratin
Read more…: Cassoulet bean gratinThis week’s bean dish was a gratin made with cassoulet beans, fennel bulb, onion, garlic, thyme, and breadcrumbs. Recipe from Rancho Gordo, which I’m sure you read about in the WSJ this weekend. Amanda and I both loved it. Charlie wouldn’t try it, but he was very curious about what fennel bulb is, how beans…
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Cauliflower with cassoulet beans and capers
Read more…: Cauliflower with cassoulet beans and capersThis week’s bean dish was cauliflower with cassoulet beans and capers. I really enjoyed the smoky tanginess that the sherry vinegar + smoked paprika added to the dish. I served this as our main side with a pork tenderloin. This was tasty enough to make again, but probably not going into the standard rotation. I’ll…
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Weekly Beans
Read more…: Weekly BeansOne 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…