This Creamy White Bean Chili is a vegetarian delight. To make the beans extra creamy, I blended them with an obscene amount of olive oil to make the stew extra hearty.
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Crispy Parmesan Broccolini and Farro
Today I sprained my ankle working out, meaning that my only joy during this pandemic–walking around my neighborhood–is out of the question for a little while. Despite this, I’m thankful for my overall health, and more time spent indoors means more time in the kitchen making recipes for you! It was a little tough to do some of these overhead shots on a ladder, so my lovely husband took some of them for me. I also wheeled around the kitchen in my office chair making this recipe, looking completely pathetic, so the struggle is real right now. But it was worth it! This Crispy Parmesan Broccolini and Farro is just what you need. Trust me.
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Jammy Pork Chops with White Beans and Thyme
Nothing says fall to me like pork chops. I’m ready to start wearing sweaters, but I’m stuck in the south where the heat is still looming. Regardless of temperatures I live in jeans year round because I’m a grown up lady now. Are shorts still worn, and by whom? Not by me, that’s for sure. I tried to wear a pair of light pink shorts this year but ended up looking like I wasn’t wearing pants. This is my life. So I’m back to jeans, and hopefully the temperatures will follow me into fall. These are not the dried out flavorless pork chops you know, but delicious jammy seared pork chops that are seared and then stewed with white beans in a beautiful sauce with fresh thyme leaves.
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Italian Chicken Soup
This week feels like a summer vacation in the middle of the winter. It’s been one of those weeks where you notice just how long you’ve been indoors, and it feels like magic to get a little sun on your nose and eat dinner outside. We begin peeling off our winter layers like onions, fully abandoning the winter coat, which I don’t miss it at all. This Italian Chicken Soup is a reminder of summer tomatoes to come. Who says you can’t eat soup year round? It’s like a bear hug in a bowl, and it reminds me of all the flavors from our trip to Italy. What started as Pasta e Fagiole (pasta and white beans), turned into a sort of lovely chicken noodle soup, which is perfect topped with parsley and freshly grated parmesan cheese. Let’s get started on this recipe.
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