A beautiful, spicy hummus recipe made from pureed garbanzo beans, toasted walnuts, and spicy crushed red pepper oil finished with a few chopped olives and a bit of cilantro.
A simple bowl of white bean soup graces my table. It has a garlicky broth with little specks of oregano floating among the beans, and a beautiful reddish tint from tomato paste. Finally, in contrast to the beans, I find
Menestra de porotos is an Ecuadorian bean stew, made with beans simmered in a sauce of onions, tomatoes, garlic, cumin, chili powder and cilantro or parsley.
A tasty chili recipe made in a slow cooker with a mixture of ground beef, onion, garlic, bell pepper, chili powder, cumin, tomato, beans, and jalapeños.
A base of stewed tomatoes, tomato paste, white wine and steak sauce surrounds chili-seasoned ground beef, bacon and kidney beans in this chili brightened with cilantro.
