Beans and Greens

One pan, tasty, quick, and easy, check, check, check!

Ingredients

  • 1 Pound of chorizo, Italian sausage, or smoked sausage (leave it out if going vegan).
  • 2 (15-ounce) cans white beans, like Great Northern, butter beans or cannellini, rinsed and drained.
  • 2-3 Cloves of garlic.
  • 1 Shallot.
  • 1 ½ Cups chicken stock (use veggie for vegan)
  • 1 Splash of white wine (leave out if avoiding booze).
  • ½ Tsp kosher salt.
  • ¼ Tsp freshly cracked black pepper.
  • 1 Tsp minced fresh thyme leaves.
  • 3 Cups packed curly kale, stems removed, and leaves torn into bite-size pieces.
  • 1 TBSP lemon juice.
  • ½ Cup parmesan, plus extra for serving (omit for vegan).

In a big cast iron skillet or product facsimile

  1. Slice the sausage into coins or if using ground, cook until browned.
  2. Remove sausage and set aside.
  3. In the same skillet, warm up the olive oil, shallot and garlic until shallot is translucent.
  4. Add in the beans, stock, splash of white wine, salt, pepper, and thyme and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes medium heat.
  5. Smash up some of the beans right in the skillet until you get a paste that’s creamy.
  6. Add in the kale and cook until wilted about 3 minutes on medium heat.
  7. Mix in parmesan, lemon and sausages and simmer on low for another 3 minutes.
  8. Add additional stock if you want to loosen it up.

Serve on or with crusty bread, green salad and the rest of the white wine.