12 Meals You Can Make with a Can of Cannellini Beans
We’ve all been there: Staring at the can of cannellini beans in the back of the cabinet. It’s not that you don’t like the white beans, but what do you do with them? Luckily, there are tons of options, from beloved classics like pasta e fagioli soup to smashed on tartines and topped with radishes. Here are 12 meals you can make with a can of cannellini beans.
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1. One-Pan Sausage with Broccoli Rabe and White Beans
No one can complain about the dishes—this sheet pan dinner includes Italian sausage, white beans and broccoli rabe.
2. Lightened-Up Italian Wedding Soup with Chicken Meatballs
Cannellini beans are a classic ingredient in Italian wedding soup, and we’re loving Coterie member Jesse Reilly’s light version.
3. Gluten-Free White Bean Zucchini Burgers with Green Olive-Basil Aioli
We bet you didn’t think about white beans in your veggie burgers? Luckily, Coterie member Phoebe Lapine did for us all.
4. Warm Leek and Cannellini Bean Salad
This leek and white bean salad is the perfect scoop for a lettuce wrap (and light lunch). Great rec, Coterie member Gena Hamshaw.
5. Winter White Bean Kale Pappardelle
Cannellini beans add plenty of fiber to this pappardelle pasta dinner from Coterie member Charlene Thomas.
6. Smashed White Bean Salad Tartines with Herbs and Watermelon Radish
These smashed white bean tartines are almost too pretty to eat. Almost.
7. White Turkey Chili with Avocado
You don’t have to use kidney beans in your chili. Swap them for cannellini beans for a creamy twist on a classic.
8. Tuscan Tuna and White Bean Salad
Coterie member Heidi Larsen adds a can of cannellini beans to her no-mayo tuna salad. It just happens to make the most perfect dinner on the patio.
9. Tomato Zucchini Noodles with Shrimp, Roasted Artichokes and Cannellini Beans
Believe it or not, Coterie member Ali Maffucci’s first blog recipe included a cup of cannellini beans.
10. Mediterranean Three Bean Quinoa Salad
Lots of beans in the pantry? Try Coterie member Maria Lichty’s three-bean quinoa salad with cannellini beans, green beans and chickpeas.
11. Vegan Pasta Fagioli
Who needs canned soup when you have Coterie member Liz Falcigno’s pasta fagioli with white beans? Oh, it’s vegan too.
12. Grain and Sprout Bowl with Sauteed Chard Stems and Green Harissa
Coterie member Jodi Moreno calls for any type of bean for this grain and sprout bowl, but we’re obviously partial to cannellini beans.
