45 option great Recipes

pds. of asparagus spears, bacon, fresh ground pepper, pimento ,chopped chives or scallions, are great optional garnishes.

olive oil, leek, white and light green part, chopped (about 3 cups), butternut squash, split, scraped, peeled and chopped into 1/2 inch pieces (about 6 cups), salt (to taste), pepper (to taste), herbes de provence, navy beans, drained and rinsed (great white ), rotel tomatoes (14 ounce okay), lowfat mozzarella cheese, shredded, bacon , cooked until crisp and crumbled (optional, a vegetarian substitute can be used)

extra-virgin olive oil (may to need to add more as the veggies cook), red onion, diced, yellow bell pepper, diced, orange bell pepper, diced, zucchini, diced, yellow squash, diced, eggplant, diced (i used a bit less and left the eggplant unpeeled, but you could peel it if desired), garlic cloves, minced, ripe tomato, seeded and diced, coarse salt, fresh ground black pepper, frozen miniature phyllo cups

dried white beans , such as great northern or 1/2 lb cannellini, kosher salt, olive oil, plus extra, olive oil , for serving, diced pancetta or 1/4 lb smoked bacon, chopped yellow onions (2 onions), chopped carrot (3 carrots), chopped celery (3 stalks ), minced garlic (6 cloves), fresh ground black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, italian plum tomatoes in puree, chopped, coarsely chopped savoy cabbage (optional) or 4 cups shredded savoy cabbage (optional), coarsely chopped kale, chopped fresh basil leaf, chicken stock, preferably homemade, sourdough bread cubes, crusts removed, freshly grated parmesan cheese , for serving