ROMA BEANS- two ways

  • 3 cloves garlic

  • 2 T. olive oil

  • 3 T. lemon juice

  • 3 T. chicken broth

  • 1 can each of black, butter, and small white beans

  • ¼ # pancetta cut ¼” slices.

  • 3 ½ oz. Arugula

Chop pancetta and fry the beegeebies out of it.  Sauté garlic in olive oil.  Add lemon juice and chicken broth.  Cook a few minutes.  Add beans and stir quickly (don’t leave them
in long or they will start falling apart).
Remove and toss in a bowl with fresh washed arugula leaves.

 

3-4 slices of ¼” thick pancetta browned crisp in 2 T.
oil

1 ½ cup mixed beans (black, butter, and small white)

1-1 ½ fresh lemons (juice of)

¼ cup dry white wine

1 T. finely chopped garlic

2 cups of College Inn chicken broth

Arugula to taste

Salt and pepper to taste

BEAN SOUP (ETHEL GALLAGHER’S)

  • 1 T olive oil

  • 1 ½ cups chopped onion

  • 5 cloves garlic minced

  • 1 ¾ cup chicken broth

  • 2 cans (15 0z) white navy beans

  • Salt
  • ½ t Italian seasoning
  • ½ t dried basil
  • ¼ t pepper
  • 1 can skim evaporated milk.

Sauté onion in oil.
Sauté garlic in same.  Add rest of
ingredients.  Cook 10 minutes.  Puree.
Return to pot and add evaporated milk.

FOUR BEAN BAKE

  • 1 # can pork and beans

  • 1 # can butter beans

  • 1 # can baby lima beans

  • 1 # can kidney beans

  • ½ /# bacon diced

  • 3 medium onions chopped

  • ½ cup cider vinegar

  • 1 cup brown sugar

  • ½ t. garlic powder

  • ¼ t. dry mustard

 Drain beans and put in baking dish.  Fry bacon and pour off ½ of drippings.  Brown onion in remaining drippings.  Add remaining ingredients and cook for 10
minutes.  Pour over beans.  Bake for one hour at 350 degrees.

 

BEAN AND FENNEL SALAD

  • 3 cups of cooked white beans

  • 1 tomato diced

  • 1 cucumber seeded and diced

  • 1 fennel bulb diced

  • 2 carrots diced

  • 2 T basil chopped

  • 2 T parsley chopped

  • 3 T olive oil

  • 3 T balsamic vinegar

  • 1 clove garlic minced

  • ¼ cup pine nuts toasted

  • 1 t. kosher salt

  • ½ t pepper

  • Shaved parmesan cheese

Mix all together

Beans from Santa Maria, California

  • 2 cans Ranch Style Beans
  • 2 cans Dennison Chili with Beans
  • 1 can Sun Vista Pinto Beans
  • 1/2 pound ground beef, fully cooked and crumbled
  • 1/2 red onion, diced

Place all ingredients in a crock pot on low for 5 hours. Add ground beef. Sauteé red onion in olive oil until carmelized a bit, add to crock pot. Continue cooking in crock pot on low for several more hours.