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Moroccan style quinoa with chickpeas, turnips, carrots, Brussels sprouts, and cumin served couscous-style with vegetables mounded over toasted quinoa and hot broth ladled over the top.

Penne pasta with chickpeas, canned tomatoes, and a double hit of basil tossed with parmesan. A pantry-friendly vegetarian pasta dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Baby lima beans simmered with Italian sausage, cumin seeds, and hot chili pepper in a simple brothy stew. A hearty one-pot meal with just a handful of bold ingredients.

Old-fashioned bean and bacon soup made with dried pinto beans, smoky bacon, carrots, celery, and a splash of vinegar at the end. Slow-simmered, hearty, and far better than the canned version.

Mediterranean green bean, zucchini and potato stew simmered in plum tomatoes with cayenne and fresh parsley. Vegan one-pot dinner ready in an hour.

Slow cooker ham and bean soup with diced ham, a leftover ham bone, dried beans, and chopped vegetables seasoned with onion soup mix and Italian herbs. Set it and forget it for 7 hours.

This is pleasently warm but not mouth burning hot!

Potato and green bean salad tossed in a garlicky white wine vinaigrette with red onion and oregano. A make-ahead side that improves overnight in the fridge.

Fried okra soup with salt pork, lima beans, corn, tomatoes, and cabbage simmered into a thick Southern vegetable soup. Browning the okra in pork drippings adds smoky depth and keeps the okra from getting slimy.

Portuguese kale soup (caldo verde-style) with linguica or chourico, kidney beans, cabbage, and potatoes. A hearty New England-Portuguese immigrant classic.

Mung dal with black mustard seeds, turmeric, and ginger, finished with a hot ghee tadka of sputtering mustard seeds and green chile. A traditional Indian lentil dish with bright, bold tempering.

Pureed black bean soup simmered in chicken broth with garlic and carrots, finished with heavy cream. Topped with sour cream, cilantro, and diced tomatoes.

Slow cooker sausage and bean casserole with pineapple chunks, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. Dump it in, set it, and forget it for 7-10 hours.

Pork chili with pinto beans, blended tomatoes, red pepper flakes, and garlic served over beans with corn tortillas. A New Mexican-style chile that skips the ground beef for tender cubed pork simmered in a simple red sauce.

White bean soup with sage: creamy great northern beans simmered with onion, carrot, tomato and fragrant sage in chicken broth. A quick, low-fat soup that's on the table in about 30 minutes using canned beans.

Crisp-tender cauliflower and green beans marinated in Italian dressing with dill weed, red onion rings, and red pepper flakes. A make-ahead chilled vegetable side that needs at least 4 hours to soak up flavor.