Tag Archives: cranberry beans

Linguine with cranberry beans and arugula; grilled prosciutto-wrapped radicchio; fresh tomatoes – 30 October 2011

Posted on 2011/10/30 by berkeleybarb

D cooked the cranberry beans I bought last week, in stock with rosemary and garlic. I used some of them last night on the speck, and the rest tonight on the pasta. The beans were sitting in a bit of … Continue reading →

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Linguine with shell beans; caprese – 8 October 2011

Posted on 2011/10/08 by berkeleybarb

D knew in advance what he was going to cook for a change 🙂 He had cooked a batch of cranberry beans yesterday in some lamb broth I made earlier, adding sage and rosemary from the garden. He mashed some … Continue reading →

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Spaghetti with fresh tomato sauce; bruschetta with shell beans – 7 October 2011

Posted on 2011/10/07 by berkeleybarb

D went to the Bowl and found another bag of about-to-go-bad Romas on sale for 99 cents. He usually buys these if he can use them right away, and today he made a tomato sauce, using Georgeanne Brennan’s recipe from … Continue reading →

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Pasta with cranberry beans and hard sausage; green beans with mushrooms – 30 September 2011

Posted on 2011/09/30 by berkeleybarb

D keeps finding fresh shell beans at the Bowl, and keeps buying them b/c they’re terrific. He bought these cranberry beans before M&N arrived with tons of leftovers, but these kept nicely in the fridge for a few days. When … Continue reading →

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Smoked pork loin; rice; artichoke – 29 September 2011

Posted on 2011/09/29 by berkeleybarb

D is doing a great job of using up the bounty of leftovers from M&N. He cooked slices of smoked pork loin from the Bowl (delicious, and less that $6/lb) in butter or oil (it’s the 1st and he doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Linguine with shell beans and leftover skirt steak; dandelion salad with anchovy dressing – 31 July 2011

Posted on 2011/07/31 by berkeleybarb

OMG the end of July already?? OK, so D cooked dinner tonight as a one-off, b/c I bought him some cranberry beans after he mentioned seeing them at the Bowl. He shelled them, and then cooked them in water with … Continue reading →

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Spaghetti with haricots and olive tapenade; bruschetta with shell beans – 11 July 2011

Posted on 2011/07/11 by berkeleybarb

What a terrific dinner! D made one of his specialties tonight. This recipe is from Chez Panisse “Pasta, Pizza, and Calzone”. He found haricots at the Bowl in a cheapo bag the other day (ok, for haricots, “cheapo” is less … Continue reading →

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Pasta with cranberry beans and soppresatta; zucchini – 7 July 2011

Posted on 2011/07/07 by berkeleybarb

Great dinner tonight! D bought more cranberry beans at the Bowl, and cooked them at lunchtime in lamb stock from the freezer (about a quart). He added savory and thyme from the garden, and boiled them about 1/2 an hour … Continue reading →

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Wheel pasta with tomato-basil sauce; bruschetta with cranberry beans; cold asparagus with aioli – 27 June 2011

Posted on 2011/06/27 by berkeleybarb

Well, I really had to use up last week’s tomato sauce, and the basil I bought for the eggplant-sandwich pizza the other day had wilted into a sad little bunch of lifeless leaves in one day, so I combined the … Continue reading →

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