Subscribing to the Rancho Gordo bean club can sometimes feel oppressive when you are sitting on a stockpile of beans and know another box just around the corner. I knew we needed to use up some of the beans we’d been accumulating so I pulled out the box of white beans to assess what we had. Sure enough, a full bag of cassoulet beans ready and waiting.

I wanted to save the rabbit meat for easter dinner. Nobody else was really into that idea.

I wanted an inexpensive meal without having to clean a lot of pots.

Everyone has their own comfort food. For me, its chickpeas over egg noodle bow ties.