andouille, pasta, greens, white beans

 Continuing this theme with both greens and beans, I made this but scaled it down because I don't feed 20 people at a time and cheaped it down because I'm not buying special ingredients.

• 1/2# rigatoni (other ridged pasta) - cook and strain, saving 1/2 c of pasta water

Then heat a skillet and add in \

•  1 link andouille sausage, cook about 5 minutes, then add
• 1 shallot, minced
  
• 2 cloves garlic, minced, and cook a couple minutes until aromatic, then add
• a bunch of chopped greens (I used some Russian kale and mizuna and whatever else is in the garden) and cook down until just wilted a few minutes, then add
• 1/2 jar of white beans, drained and rinsed, and
• salt, pepper, thyme

Put pasta back in warm skillet and heat it up, then add in the sausage greens beans mixture until warmed and mixed.  

Serve with:

• parmesan
• flat leaf parsley
• lemon juice and zest
• chives
  

 

potatoes, greens, and black beans

 Having a bag of potatoes on sale, greens growing like crazy in my garden, and several jars of black beans, it was time to make this Potato Black Bean Skillet.  Issues are that I can never get diced potatoes nice and cooked and crispy, so I may try parboiling next time.  Or canning potatoes and using those.  That would be good and make it very easy. 

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 2 lbs red potatoes, diced
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 (6 oz) bag fresh spinach (I used mizuna)
  
• 1 (15 oz) can no-salt-added black beans, drained & rinsed
• 1 cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt (yeah, I used sour cream)
• I added some smoked paprika.  And a lot of pepper.  And some salt.  Would also be good with hot sauce
  

Preparation

1. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Add potatoes, chili powder, garlic, onion & pepper. Cover & cook 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. Add spinach & beans. Cook 3-5 minutes or until spinach is wilted, stirring gently.

3. Remove from heat, top with yogurt & serve.

Tips

Try using sweet potatoes next time with cinnamon & brown sugar instead of red potatoes & cayenne to change up the flavor.