Cannellini Beans and Greens


I love the simplicity of this cannellini beans recipe. I first started making it last spring, when our trips to the grocery store were few and far between. You only need a handful of ingredients to make it – cannellini beans, aromatics, lemon juice, and Swiss chard – and even those are flexible. If you don’t have dried cannellini beans, substitute other white beans, like Great Northern or navy beans. If you don’t have chard, use kale or spinach. No shallot? Try an onion. No – well, you get the idea. After a long, hands-off simmer, these humble ingredients transform […]


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