recipes from Adrienne Asher
My mother liked to make this recipe for our dinners (without the hamhocks) and serve it with slices of ripe tomatoes. The next day she’d mash leftover beans with a bit of mayonnaise and serve it on slices of crusty toasted French bread. The preparation couldn’t be more basic: Sweat some aromatic vegetables, add the beans, a few herbs, and … Read more
This is a recipe based on a version by James Beard. It’s a very easy—but very slow to make—recipe. “The trick to good baked beans is cooking them very slowly with indirect heat. This recipe calls for baking them in a tightly sealed casserole in an oven barely hot enough to toast bread. As the hours pass, the beans drink … Read more
Filling, fresh, delicious—perfect for a summer afternoon.
Summer Bean and Vegetable Salad
Serves 2
2 cups cooked cannellini beans
2 cups cooked green beans, cut into one-inch lengths
1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1/4 cup fresh basil, sliced into ribbons
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
A few squeezes of lemon juice
Salt and … Read more
Masoor Dal (Spiced Red Lentils)
2 tablespoons vegetable stock
1 cup finely chopped onion
2 ½ cups (10 ounces, about 1 medium) finely diced sweet potato
1 tablespoon minced ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 Thai chili, or 1 large serrano chili,
Barbecue Baked Beans
2 medium carrots, diced
1 large onion, diced
3 large cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup water
1-1/4 cups plain tomato sauce
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup pure dark maple syrup
2 teaspoons liquid smoke
1/4 cup vegan Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 cans white beans, drained and … Read more
Chili-Peach Baked Beans
4 (15-oz.) cans unsalted cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
2 ripe peaches (about 1 lb.), peeled and finely diced (about 2 cups / frozen ok, too)
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup organic ketchup
1/2 cup dark rum
1/4 cup dark molasses
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons chopped canned chipotle chiles in … Read more