European, Beans Recetas

Italian Chick Pea Soup

Chickpeas are one of my favorite ingredients in soup. They don't lose their texture or their nutty flavor. Whether in a spicy Harira (served…

GREEK TRIAGLE PUFFS (TYROPITAS)

A wonderful warm spinach puff pastry using muenster cheese and cream cheese instead of the feta.

BORLOTTI BEAN MINESTRA

These classic Italian beans are a medium large tan bean, splashed with red/black to magenta streaks. It is very popular in Italian and Portuguese…

Bean Gratin

This delicious and healthy recipe can be made with any variety of white bean, dried or canned. I used dried cannellini beans. Great Northern beans…

Braised Lamb with Beans

This is a delicious French country dish. Hearty and heart warming! It is also beautiful to behold and delicious to smell!

Chicken Fettuccini with Lemon-Caper Cream

The presentation of this dish will definitely impress your guests. Serve this up in a big, flat pasta bowl and…

Lentil Salad with Chevre

This salad looks great presented in a butter leaf lettuce cup with a bit more chevre sprinkled on top. You can also use yellow lentils.

Blue Lake Green Beans with Crispy Prosciutto

NUTELLA AND BANANA CREPES

Making a crepe is not as intimating as one would think. You can make these crepes for breakfast or as a snack. You can stuff the crepes with sweet…

RIBOLLITA ALLA TARTUCA

This is a classic Tuscan soup, which traditionally is made with bread and a lot of vegetables. This delicious soup will warm you up.

A delicious "fabadinha"

Today I dip into our Hispanic roots. The stews of varieties of beans (which Hispanic people know a wide variety of) are very traditional dishes.…

Cotechino con lenticchie

No Italian New Year's celebration would be complete without this dish of a delicious pork sausage served with lentils. New Year's Eve for…

Make Olive Garden’s Delicious Pasta Fagioli at Home

You’ll love, love, love this rich and hearty soup! It tastes very similar to the pasta e fagioli at Olive…

Italian Green Beans

Very simple and fresh dish - served best family style with your favorite pasta or sausage.

Umbrian Lentil Soup

We're going to Italy this summer with our family, so I'm trying some dishes from the areas we'll be staying. We're staying near Gubbio in Umbria,…