pasta with beans – Not Eating Out in New York

24 Mar 2014

Cavatelli with Cranberry Beans and Pea Shoots

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Beans, gluten-free, Pasta & Noodles, vegan, vegetarian | 3

It’s finally arrived — the season for budding blossoms, bike rides, and all things green. Well, make that Spring 1.0, the beta-test days. We’ve still got frosts and chances of flurries, and at the farmers markets, there’s little green to be seen. Except for those shoots and seedlings grown in a greenhouse. But — tulips and daffodils, mint, parsley and chives! Step aside, winter squashes and brown-speckled apples. A natural changing of the guards has just begun.

2 Feb 2009

Spaghetti e Fagioli (with some eggplant on the side)

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Beans, Pasta & Noodles, Recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 8

The problem with soaking dried beans, which isn’t a probably exactly, and wouldn’t be one in the first place if you’re a little better at stomach-eye coordination as I am, is that you’re usually left with far more beans than you had bargained for. Water plumps up the beans, sometimes creating pot overflows and dried, un-soaked portions at the top. (It’s a bit like planting a magic beanstalk, with less fees, fies, foes and fums.) Ever since the Cassoulet Cook-Off, … Read More