In Which You're Transported to Italy in Less Than an Hour

Welcome to Meatless Monday, a column in which we feature vegetarian recipes to help offset the weekend's carnivorous sins.

Photograph by Romulo Yanes

Beans and toast could use a little charge. In this Italian version, tomatoes and bell peppers add color, kidney beans add substance, and a sprinkling of soffritto, a mix of chopped aromatics, lends character to the otherwise simple dish. So if you're at work, thinking, "I'd rather be in Italy," this White Bean Ragout with Toast will get you there. And all of this in under an hour.

Ciao! --Aasimah Navlakhi