Table for Two - Cannellini Beans Over Garlic Toast

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite.. . Do you like a good pot of baked beans? If so, you can count my sister in your ranks. Yea…

Roasted Butternut Squash & Cannellini Bean Soup with Spices and Toasted Pistachios

Local squashes and pumpkins are in season now, and I love to stock the pantry shelves with a small assortment of these attractive…

Roasted Beet Soup with Roasted Parsnip and Carrot Purées

As much for its beautiful purple-red hue and distinctive sweet flavor as its nutritional benefits, the beetroot is my favorite of…

White Bean Cream of Asparagus Soup

Puréed white beans lend a little more boldness and depth of flavor than one would ordinarily find in a cream of asparagus soup, b…

Spicy White Bean and Turnip Soup

Aside from actually traveling to the Mediterranean and dining at a seaside café, the next best way to cope with a relentlessly lo…

White Cabbage and Bean Minestrone

Packed with vitamins, proteins and fiber, this simple Italian winter minestrone adapted from Martha Rose Shulman's delightful…

Provençal Bean and Vegetable Soupe au Pistou

Apart from the "pistou" itself — a pesto-like blend of garlic, basil, olive oil and hard cheese stirred in at the end —…