Recipe: Tuscan-Style beans

A fast, cheap, easy side dish that's high in fiber.

Traveling across Tuscany, Cannellini beans populate every menu as a minor side dish. Their absolutely worth tasting, and a great way to fill out a meal. It’s also a simply recipe drawing from pantry staples. Cannellini beans are ideal, but as is the case here, I happened to have northern beans on hand. If you have seasonings in your spice rack, this side dish is an economical one that can be pulled together for just a few dollars — with the majority of that cost going into a fancy can of beans.

Pantry Tuscan-Style White Beans

INGREDIENTS

• 1 can of cannellini of great northern beans

• A healthy splash of olive oil

• Dash of onion powder

• Dash of garlic poweder

• Crushed black pepper

• A tablespoon of truffle butter or a few drops of truffle oil

• A tasteful amount of Parmesan cheese, freshly grated

INSTRUCTIONS

• Drain and rinse the beans

• Add to a ceramic baking dish

• Splash in the oil, butter, other seasonings and grated cheese

• Stir

• Baked at 350F for about 20-30 minutes; top should be crusty, and most of the moisture evaporated