45 easy northern beans Recipes

chicken, cut up into small chunks (i like to use boneless breasts for their ease and lower fat content), chopped onion, chicken broth, garlic cloves, chopped finely, cumin seeds (ground will not withstand long cooking as well), dried oregano leaves, white beans, drained and rinsed (great northern or cannellini), chopped bell peppers (you may use green, yellow, or red or a combination of the three which is what i do), jalapeno pepper (you may want to do more or less depending on how much heat you like)

spicy italian sausage links (about 10 oz total), skins pricked all over with a fork, olive oil, onions , halves and sliced thin lengthwise (about 1 1/2 cups), garlic cloves, chopped fine, mixed chopped fresh herbs such as rosemary , thyme, and/or sage or 3/4 tsp mixed dried herbs, crumbled, bay leaf, chopped scallion greens or fresh parsley (wash and dry before chopping), a 14 1/2-oz can diced tomatoes including juice, white beans such as cannellini , navy, or great northern, drained and rinsed, olive oil, firm white sandwich bread , crusts discarded, cut into 1/4-inch dice (or 1 cup panko bread crumbs), garlic clove, chopped fine, chopped fresh parsley leaves (wash and dry before chopping)

chicken broth, diced tomatoes, lightly drained, great northern or cannellini beans, lightly drained, diced onion, garlic clove, smashed, turkey bacon, uncooked, chopped small, about 3 or 4 inches of a really smokey precooked sausage (holsteiner, kielbasa, etc) cut into thin slices, siracha sauce or a dash or two of tobasco (i prefer the siracha)

simply potatoes diced potatoes with onion, smoked polish kielbasa (cut into 1/4-inch thick slices(then slices quartered ), sliced green onion, chopped red bell pepper, chicken broth, great northern white beans (rinsed & drained ), garlic clove (finely chopped ), oregano leaves (crushed ), black pepper, caraway seed, white wine vinegar, paprika, sliced green onion tops