5 whole pancetta green beans tomatoes Recipes

green beans (i used a combo of green and purple beans) trimmed and cut into 2 inch pieces, diced pancetta, (if you don tsp have pancetta , you can use bacon), extra virgin olive oil, onion, diced, whole tomatoes, peeled and diced (you don tsp have to peel them, but i like them better without the peel. if they are especially seedy, go ahead and remove the seeds otherwise, i would just leave them in. also, i peel my tomatoes by holding ad turning them, on a long fork, over an open flame until they pop, peel with a knife, the peel comes right off), dried italian herbs, red pepper flakes, salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

canola oil or olive oil, for cooking, garlic clove, minced, pancetta or 1/4 lb bacon, diced, chicken stock or 4 cups vegetable stock, whole tomatoes or 14 oz diced tomatoes or 2 large tomatoes, diced, red potatoes (peeling optional) or 2 medium yukon gold potatoes (peeling optional), carrot , cut in half lengthwise, zucchini, diced, green beans , cut into bite-sized pieces, beans (any kind, cooked or a 19 oz can, rinsed and drained), head napa cabbage (small head, thinly sliced ) or 1 head savoy cabbage (small head, thinly sliced) or 1 head bok choy (small head, thinly sliced), pesto sauce (plus more for the table ), dry pasta , cooked about 3 minutes less than package indicates, salt, pepper

dried white beans such as cannellini , great northern, or navy (about 1 1/4 cups), picked over and rinsed, sliced pancetta, chopped, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, finely chopped, extra-virgin olive oil, whole tomatoes in juice, drained , reserving juice, and chopped, low-sodium chicken broth (28 fl oz), water, parmigiano-reggiano rind (roughly 3 by 2 by 1/2 inch), salt, black pepper, bottled peeled cooked whole chestnuts (8 oz), halved, cavolo nero or regular green kale, stems and center ribs discarded and leaves torn into bite-size pieces, chopped fresh thyme, grated parmigiano-reggiano, garnish: parmigiano-reggiano shavings ; extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling; black pepper; fresh thyme sprigs; whole chestnuts

whole wheat spaghetti, pancetta, diced, green beans, cleaned with stem ends removed, grape tomatoes, halved, parmesan cheese, grated, romano cheese, grated, basil, fresh with leaves torn, salt, pepper