White Bean

Mayocobas, or canary beans, are the quick-cooking pantry ingredient you should know about.

This riff on the Italian classic comfort food gets its verdant color from kale two ways: blended into the base, and wilted among the pasta and white beans.

Dive into this shareable skillet with warm flatbread.

Stable enough to last days in the fridge (and hearty enough to sate a breastfeeding mom).

With balsamic marinated beans, lots of cheese, and crispy onions, this meal-prep-friendly dinner salad is one you’ll have on repeat.

It’s excellent at any temperature and sturdy enough to make ahead.

A twist on the classic Tuscan soup, this version features blended sautéed kale, which turns the whole bowl a bright, spring-y green.

Plump white beans create a luscious broth combined with lemon zest, onion, garlic, and celery. A stealthy knob of butter adds just enough richness.

This rustic French soup is perfect cold weather comfort food—best made a day in advance and reheated to serve.

This homey one-pot stew boasts a short ingredient list but tons of complex flavors, built over three hours in a mostly hands-off braise.

Pair ground turkey with white beans and a robust dried chile purée for a bowl of winter comfort with major body and richness.

A lesson in less is more, this comforting pot of creamy beans gets a punchy, raw asparagus salad to balance the deep allium-fortified broth.

With sweet and tender charred cabbage, crispy-soft roasted white beans, tart kimchi, and creamy tahini, this vegan dish satisfies every craving.

Lightly mash some of the white beans for a creamy, velvety texture without any added dairy.

Canned beans get a full-on makeover in this creamy, coconutty, spiced stew fortified with Swiss chard and sweet potato—perfect for cold winter days.

Cozy beans are just what you need to kickstart fall. Serve with crusty bread to soak up all the saucy bits.

Smashed white beans bring so much creaminess, you don’t even need dairy.

It’s aioli-slathered toast doused in brothy butter beans, clams, and crispy ham. What else do you need to know?

Spring (as in asparagus, white beans, and tons of herb and lemons) in a skillet—with tender swordfish to make it a satisfying meal.

Tender roasted squash, crunchy apples, and creamy beans come together with a spicy country ham vinaigrette to create a balanced cold-weather salad.

This weeknight skillet dinner is our version of pizza beans...plus a dose of greens.

Did someone say weeknight meatballs? Juicy pork meatballs, nestled in a fiery, creamy harissa-coconut sauce, are ready in under an hour.

Many vegan cream sauces rely on blended nuts or steamed cauliflower, but this sauce is made of beans and pasta water alone—no soaking or blending necessary. It’s important that the beans are adequately hydrated: Once you start mashing, make sure there’s plenty of pasta cooking liquid in the pot and don’t let it evaporate.

The solution to legume doom: This citrusy marinated bean salad with crunchy greens and big chunks of salty feta.