Earlier this week I made this dish out of ingredients we have in the pantry. It was fast, delicious, and didn’t require a trip to the grocery store. I love meals that involve no extra shopping.
This can be made not vegan easily by using butter and garnishing with fresh parm. I think this would go quite well with some chicken, but as I’m vegan, I’m never going to know. If any Glibs try it with some chicken, do let me know in the comments how it turns out.
Tuscan White Bean Fettuccine
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 sm white onion (chopped)
- 2 cans great northern beans (drained, but not rinsed)
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 2 tbsp butter alternative
- 1 box fettuccine
- 2 cups crushed tomatoes
- 5-10 fresh basil leaves
- 1/2 cup white wine
- salt (to taste)
- pepper (to taste)
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In a pan over medium heat add the olive oil and onion. Sautee until onions are translucent.
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Add garlic, tomatoes, white wine, basil, beans, butter alternative. Stir until combined. Cover and simmer until beans are mushy.
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Cook fettuccine according to package directions. Drain, add to pan with sauce.
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Stir the fettuccine with the sauce over medium heat until evenly coated. Serve.
If not vegan, top with fresh parm.
Comments
205 responses to “Vegan School: Tuscan White Bean Fettuccine”
Sounds yummy
I’m Drooling, I can do it Vegan too! We love the Fettuccine, and I love Northern Beans, Great recipe.
/not a Vegan
Is it okay if my butter substitute is ghee?
I’m trying to do low carb, so I’d have to substitute the fettuccine for oh who the f— am I kidding, I substitute the whole meal for a can of Hormel chili.
You’ll regret that in the morning.
Whom ever he shares bed with will.
What’s carb load in in a can of Hormel?
Exactly.
Looks like 16 net per serving in the no beans version.
If you’re going to low carb just go all the fuck out and eat like 10 cans of tuna a day. Be a man.
Guy I worked with would bring in a Tupperware container full of cheese burger patties.
He’d have meat sweats all afternoon.
It looks like the Libertarian Moment happened in 1967.
Oh my, camera cum?
This is what makes Venture Bros. so consistently brilliant: they built on foundations thick.
SEA SMITH made an appearance so I think you are right.
1 box fettuccine and 2 cans of beans? We feeding a bus load of vegans here? Small bus for sure, but I said vegan so I repeat myself.
Badaboom!
My husband is 49 with the metabolism of a teenager. I cook for 4. I get one serving. He gets 3. He doesn’t put on any weight.
I glare at him often.
Way to other us keto folks with your beans and pasta!
?
Vegan Keto is the way to really lose weight!
She’s like that.
I know what I am getting my card-carrying Democrat gf for Christmas
I do love basil and garlic, but butter alternative is a crime against humanity. On that note, the gf got ‘smart balance’ (or w/e it is called) recently instead of what I usually get (Country Crock Light) and it is weird and bad. It is almost chalky in texture and not spreadable. Also, and I pointed this out to her, all of the nutrition info on my choice showed it to be superior to the ostensible point and goals of the one that she chose. ///smallvictories
Jesus christ, that stuff is awful. Can’t you just get some ghee and pretend?
Kerrygold butter. Look for it at your grocery store.
I love that stuff. Costco has it in 3 packs, as well.
^^this!!! Aldi has it too, cheaper than anywhere….$2.50 I think
Butter Alternative???
The 80’s called and it wants it’s “health” food back.
+1 processed cheese food
I say “Butter Alternative” because I can’t eat butter with my health issues, and I don’t want to pigeon hole people into a vegan margarine when oils would work.
I grew up on Country Crock… I don’t think I tasted actual butter before college. Now I use L’o’L butter/canola mix.
Land of lakes > all fake butter.
Because of the taste or the porn box?
Not any more.
My family used margarine, or oleomargarine as my grandma called it. I hope to never eat that stuff again.
Trumpy Bear is so tongue-in-cheek it seems like something SNL would do when SNL could still do politics.
Someone mentioned you can’t actually tell if it’s for real – which makes it perfect.
“Butter alternative” can also be olive oil.
Yep!
Heavy cream works for some things also 😉
D:
The Country Crock blend I get is vegan. I rarely do fats or oils anyway, so I only need it sparingly.
There’s one type of Smart Balance that is close to butter, but it’s twice as expensive as the Country Crock for no discernible improvement in flavour or texture.
OT: WTF?
That’s not correct. There’s a uniformed police chief. Wheeler is the the equivalent of the police commissioner. Portland’s City councilors & mayor are also the heads of assigned city departments, with assignments made by the mayor.
Outlaw is the police chief
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Outlaw
Huh, OK. Still sounds like they don’t have their act together there.
Yeah. I used to think this was just pandering to a small vocal minority while ignoring the majority that want this shit to end. Then in the last election, repealing the state sanctuary law (really, repealing a state prohibition on using public resources for immigration violations and would have left it to individual agencies to continue business as usual under their own policies) was trounced. The scales have fallen from my eyes. This shit is supported by a majority of Portlanders at least on some level. It’s not going to get fixed anytime soon.
My only interaction in Oregon was a fight with a gas station attendant, so I have a poor opinion of the state overall.
Yeah, that kind of describes NYC. We get the occasional stinky hippies occupying a park but no way would we tolerate the kind of shenanigans going on in Portland.
And in other vegan products you should use…TJ ‘s unsweetened sunflower seed spread is frickin delicious and only has 2 ingredients
???
I’ll look for it. Thank you!
Thanks for the recommendation!
Daughter loves it. Won’t eat peanut or almond butter anymore.
I had a cheeseburger topped with westernslopers candied Jalapeños. Yum.
Euphemism?
I smoked one of Spuds belly’s today and nibbled at it when it was done. (true story) I have achieved free bacon status. My parents buy the belly and I cure and smoke and give them half. H/T Spud for the recipe!
Oh my God.
He was oh so gentle.
I’m glad you enjoyed it as much as I did.
What were you doing in Westernsloper’s pantry?
Euphemism.
(thumbs up emoji here)
Did that emoji consent?
I made the candied jalapeños the other day, too. I only used about half the sugar and they are terrific. Thanks for the recipe, WS.
Dammit.
/guy trying to not eat extra sugar
Most of the syrup is left in the pan when one takes the peppers out. Of course, I saved it to use in other things since it was nicely infused…almost like a jalapeño simple syrup. /now I want a cocktail
Ok. I’ll give it a shot. They do sound insanely good.
I am glad you liked them. I am not a jelly maker and am ignorant to such things so I was just winging it with that recipe, but I take out all the juice with the japs and jar it all up. After it cools it is like jalepeno jelly if it is reduced enough. I drop the whole jar in warm water to loosen them up when I want to use them. I am sure one of you canners/jelly makers could improve on the process. I have tried less sugar and also more. I found with less it didn’t get thick enough.
Question for the Glibertariat:
If you are staying at a hotel and the power goes out should you ask for a discount or refund? Sure it’s circumstances beyond their control but when you agree to rent a room it’s implicit in the contract that you’ll have TV, power, access to the amenities, etc…
Depends on the cost and amenities included. Either could be argued.
Yes, you could have been strangled to death by your hooker in the darkness.
But I agreed to pay extra for that
I wouldn’t, but I don’t like confrontation.
I don’t either but the older I get the crankier I get about paying for goods or services not rendered
But there’s a certain satisfaction laying in the dark thinking about what a terrible evening it is, and for once it’s not your fault.
Are you OK? Sorry to be so trite, but I’ve seen several posts…
I mean, you have your sources of comfort, right? You have the things that satisfy you, and they’re more a matter of keeping you cooped up in whatever little comfort zone you like, but you know you’re unsatisfied getting your comfort zone fulfilled, because it’s so baseline and expected. So when something throws a spanner in it, you take a bit of pleasure being disappointed. Not because you get to complain about it, but because it makes you reorient.
I’m not much help here. Getting out of my comfort zone just means finding new environments for me to be an asshole in. Which might ultimately be my comfort zone.
But when shit gets bad, there’s always somewhere else. Somewhere else you can be an asshole.
I’m from Florida so I suspect all hotels to have a generator, but even then I’d do nothing. Because it’s cunty.
Is it though? If you delivered frozen fish as a business would you drop off a crate of rotten fillets and say, “Sorry, refridgeration system is on the fritz, now pay up”
That’s probably under their control so different.
I do agree the hotel *should* accommodate you somehow. No idea if they are required to do so.
You wouldn’t do it because it’s cunty? Who hacked Brochetta’s account?
It’s funny because it’s true.
How fucking dare you. How fucking dare you, sir.
How long was the power out? Hours, days?
All evening since about 6
Yeah as for them to book you another hotel.
Ask em why and how long, if it;s overnight, Bail…. with refund
That’s what I’d do. And I’d frankly expect the hotel to offer you something along the lines of a refund or a free night or something to compensate. Also, like Brochettaward said, I’d expect the hotel to have a generator sufficient to at least provide enough power for a few hours while they made arrangements for their guests to stay elsewhere.
I guess it depends on whether we’re talking local outage or some massive weather-related thing.
It’s a whole city block, they are saying midnight best case scenario. Generator is lighting the lobby but no power to the individual rooms.
I would be mostly angry if it was some modern place where all the windows are nailed shut. I can’t live without airflow.
Depends on if the problem is on their property or is a problem upstream at the electric utility. Electric utility- cancellation without penalty & full refund. Their problem- Either enough points for a free night(s) (if you play the loyalty game) and comp for the stay or move you to an equivalent or better hotel at their expense.
Adjust if they provided notice at check in.
implicit in the contract
What is the actual contract? Surely they have a line-item for things outside of their control.
Good question. I’ve never in my life read a hotels terms and conditions
No one does.
Fuck ya ask for a discount, and tell them if it is not restored in the next 30 mins they need to make you a reservation at another hotel and it is on them. What is this,the third world? Fuck that, even in the third world they had electricity at a hotel.
What city are you in? Is there anything else to do in the part of the town with electricity?
And, honestly, I might not demand any compensation, but I’d sure as shootin’ be off to a different place even if I had to pay for it myself. When I’m traveling it’s mostly for professional reasons, so I need to be able to work in my room. (Go ahead. Someone go there. I dare you! /fondles banhammer lovingly)
I don’t think anyone was going there. More wondering how the hell you check into hotels by yourself. Don’t most hotels require an adult signature on the contract?
I was going to go there, but I was a coward.
I don’t, but my BF does. (He doesn’t know who James Brown or Paul Newman is, but he knows a lot about anime.)
At least tofu will always love me.
Forget it.
Whaaaa? Who doesn’t know James Brown? Coincidentally, did anyone watch the James Brown movie? Was it any good?
That’s what I’d’ve thought?!?! You can’t rely on anything at all.
If you mean the documentary from a few years ago, it’s worth watching, at the least.
Get on Up from 2014 is the one I was thinking of.
I was thinking of Mr. Dynamite from 2014.
I hate biopics, but I’ve never seen Get on Up, So I’ll withhold judgment.
I’ve loved James Brown’s music since I was 8 years old. I’d dance in my room in an improvised tutu to Prisoner of Lover.
Shit, who doesn’t know who Paul Newman was?! Even if only as a purveyor of pasta sauce.
I didn’t watch it all the way through in one sitting, but the bits I’ve seen were entertaining. It’s on my short list of movies to catch up on.
Even Judge Judy was nutting about Paul Newman all throughout her interview with Norm on his Netflix show.
In fact, I hate Paul Newman now, and it’s all Judge Judy’s fault.
The Sting grants Paul Newman “untouchable” status.
You spelled,”Cool Hand Luke” wrong.
Probably a better showcase of Newman, but I really like the sting. Also Hustle, Color of money and judge Roy bean.
I totally forgot,”The Color of Money”. And how can one ignore “The Verdict”. True talent with a pretty face for sure.
Didn’t know he had turned down “Ben Hur”, “Dirty Harry”, Jaws”, and “First Blood”. Wow. I guess he had to give the other guys a chance.
He sounds
un-not American.That would be cool. But no.
Ugh, I’m never dating a foreigner again. Unless they show me a green card first.
Probably too late but … What happened??
Visa expired and he went home. It was kind of doomed from the start.
Does He know Little Richard? if not He needs too, also Liberace….
Only to the extent that every perv is subconsciously heir to LR, I’d bet.
Or that every expendable pop-star du jour is subconsciously heir to LR. Or Chuck Berry. Or Marty McFly, rather.
I did see the Michael Douglas “Liberace” movie. Good stuff.
My wife didn’t know who Elton John was when we met.
God bless her. Was that before the Princess Diana money grub?
It was ’89 so yeah I believe so.
I had been a huge fan since the early 70s so I had no idea how she could not know who he was.
It was easier to be ignorant of pop culture back then.
Wait on a minute, is Soyboy an author of some merit who Nick Gillespie was obsessed about having a millenial ‘roommate’?
There’s no merit here n_n
About to grill some buffalo NY Strips. Veggie will be baked asparagus with butter and Parmesan. Home grown salad and home grown red potatoes. French Bordeaux for the drink.
What bdx?
I’m saving 2 for my 10 year anniversary.
Check out this wine. I scanned it with the @Vivino app: https://www.vivino.com/wines/4219985
Check out this wine. I scanned it with the @Vivino app: https://www.vivino.com/wines/1632605
Based on the description and reviews, 10-12 years should be just about right. This will be more of a California style than a classic bdx but still quite enjoyable.
Giscours from Margaux is a different animal than the Pessac-Leognan.
A blend that is predominantly merlot and Cab Franc is fairly unique in P-L. You should be able to pour the side by side.
We wanted a champagne from the year we got married, but evidently 2010 was not a good year for champagne, but it was a good year for Bordeaux. I bought 2 hoping we will like at least one of them.
Keep ‘em in a cool, dark space free of vibration.
Will do.
That all sounds great.
Are you able to garden year round?
Oh yeah. The growing season never ends out here. I finally pulled the zukes because I had given away and frozen as many as I could. The tomatoes keep coming and coming, eventually the plants wear out but by then new tomatoes are coming in. I haven’t had to plant a tomato in years, I just use the ones that grow from fallen fruits.
Now that it is cooler I have put in some winter crops: peppers, broccoli, butter lettuce and red potatoes. When the tomatoes give out I’ll put in more japanese cucumbers and they’ll produce for about 100 days. I am down to only two stalks of apple bananas hanging in the backyard, The second crop of pomegranates, tangerines and lemons will ripen in the next month. Come spring the mango trees and papayas will fruit. If it is a decent year I’ll get 200+ mangoes.
Living in the tropics does have some upsides.
I used to like you. 😉
Seriously, that just sounds heavenly.
Apple bananas. You mean “manzanos”? SO damn good.
Looks great! I love pantry cooking.
But, seriously? 4 servings? I bet it fed you and the husband (knowing how much he can eat if it’s delicious).
Oh, and if anyone has recipes for Thanksgiving they’d like to share this coming Sunday, please get them to me sooner rather than later. Thanks!
I have a pumpkin video but I am still in the editing stage.
Yes, I had 1 serving, he had 3.
I don’t really have recipes (as my recipe posts pointed out), I don’t like rules, man!
Hey, Bob. I’m sorry that you’re stuck in a dark hotel room. That sucks and there should definitely be some compensation.
If you need something to help you pass the time in the dark, you can fantasize about westernsloper gently nibbling on my smoked belly while I rummage through his pantry in search of his candied Jalapeños.
I was just going to say he could go to a bar. But carry on.
Oh, alcohol is mandatory to mentally get into that scenario.
So THAT’S how you and OMWC did it.
Wow. Way to take something totally inappropriate and make it thoroughly gross.
What it’s like posting to Glibs after dark.
It’s more like this, to be honest.
That was pretty funny. Throw in a Turkish bath, with nobody in it, and I think you’re spot on.
I did but I’m trying to cut back on my alcohol/carb intake so after one Fuller’s London Porter I decided to leave, I never felt comfortable sitting at a bar sipping club soda.
Also I ended up staying. The guy ahead of me at the service desk was checking in and was so deferential and understanding about the power being out I was shamed into just walking away. Asshole. On the bright side I got about 9 badly needed hours of sleep.
See what I mean? Spanner, works, worked out.
OT: I get insanely amused over grammar and vocabulary goofs. Today at work, I’m pretty sure I heard one of the IT guys say “olive cart” instead of “a la carte”, as in “they don’t let you choose all those options olive cart.”
Maybe they visited Italy and they were discussing the olive carts in the open air markets? Nah. It is probably like when I was in various Army schools and heard: “Let me be very Pacific abot this.” “I am de Gamma Goat driver. I drive de Gamma Goat.” “When yous put in the red lens, the white light will be red.” or my personal favorite from Iraq in 2003. “Follow Route Lee past Route Chamberlain and Longstreet to Route Meade and turn there. ” “Do you mean Rte Mead?” “No Rte Meade.” “Okay. you know the difference right?” “Don’t be a smartass.”
Back in high school I knew a girl who was trying to sound sophisticated at a restaurant and ordered something “ay lay cartay”
WebDom: I made the leek soup last Thurs, and even the surly teenager who looked at the leeks very dubiously when they were in the refridge ate it and I thought it was yummy. That’s one that’ll be in the rotation this winter.
So glad to hear it!!! That makes me so happy!
Made meat sauce psaghetti last night. Almost same recipe but no beans and red instead of white. A little tomato paste, ground beef and oregano. Not sure what to make tonight.
It’s psghetti. Made trumpet mushrooms in a cream sauce over pasta. Hard to beat. Mushrooms are the meat substitute supreme.
Chili and cornbread. I did a batch last Friday and it was one of my best. Cubed beef, not ground.
I was going to make black bean chili, but I forgot to thaw the beef, plus I had a whole pork loin nearing expiration. I decided to make a Caribbean-inspired pork and bean stew instead. It was pretty much the same as chili, but with pork instead of beef, and the dominant spices were cayenne, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, oregano, and dark cocoa powder. Came out quite tasty, but my digestive system isn’t liking it so well. I guess I better eat some prunes tonight.
Cinnamon is scourge that should be wiped from the earth! And I’m not just talking about stripper ex.
I liked Cinnamon Carter.
That sounds tasty. Prunes is the last thing I would need.
Yea, you’d think so. It’s very odd. But without going into too much detail, I’ll say that I do need some prunes right about now.
Who are you? Brock Samson?
Sicilian recipe for cauliflower with saffron, pine nuts, onions, raisins, and anchovies. Serve with pasta and top with breadcrumbs.
It’s almost subversive.
OMG, Collective Soul’s ‘Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid’ has a review on a site called Classic Rock Review, now I feel old.
I don’t know how to break it to you but….
/guy 20 years older than you
Yes. The “classic rock” station plays songs that the alternative new rock station (also surprisingly still around) first played.
” The settlement at the bottom of a water heater”
“Shockig Sorbers”
Pa Sa Deena!= Pasadena
Sandy moss canyon-San Dimas cyn
San Dimas Highschool football Rules!
That’s the one!
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, which is actually inferior to it’s sequel, though not many people recognize this.
I shout against the silence, ‘I am the night!’ And all I get is a dead thread. How droll.
It’s resting!
*starts crying because when I found my dad dead I thought he was asleep**Sues SP for emotional damages*
HAHA! Joke is on you! I don’t have any assets except 7,000 books and random art supplies. And OMWC. I guess you can have him, if you insist.
7,000 books at $1 a piece is $7,000, more than half of what I make in a year. Expect a letter from my
lawyercousin who watched Better Call Saul.She’s holding out CPRM. OMWC has a bitchin’ van that chicks dig.
Dead
Threading fail, supposed to be under CPRM
When I was younger and shall we say less practical, I was a Vegetarian, then I met my future Wife, who took me Home for Thanksgiving,
32 years later, I still love Pork Products
Pork for Thanksgiving? Sounds like a
commieComey plant.Ham and Turkey, they are a “Big” family, like 300 lb plus Men, gotta have Meat, 🙂
Yusef has been nibbling Spudalicious’ smoked belly.
When I was younger I was a carnivore. I almost wrote meat eater but dodged the euphemism.
/looks longingly at SP’s banhammer
I love you Web Dom, but this recipe needs more black beans and bacon. Or neck bones. Neckbones are an acceptable substitute for bacon in beans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arizona-senate-race-kyrsten-sinema-defeats-martha-mcsally-to-become-states-first-female-senator-election-results-vote-count/
McCain, Flake, Sinema…I hate Arizona.
The “I hate the my state and the people that are in it” strategy was a bold one. I’m surprised it actually payed off.
Hating your neighbors is become a prog tenet.
Indeed. WTF Arizona? R’s should have ran Kelly Ward. I am thinking too many people thought McSally was too establishment which she was. Never thought I would see a commie elected there though so who knows.
It’s a great way to honor McCains legacy all its missing is something an element of bipartisanship.
On the bright side the flip from R to D will have no discernable difference.
Damn good point. This continues the long line of Arizona senators who are complete trash, this is just continuity in governing.
AuH2O weeps.
In office
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
McCain came directly after him somehow… I guess ‘long line’ would be the wrong way to put it. Long tradition.
Should have read:
In office
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1987
Bearnaise is rapidly becoming my Universal Savory Condiment©. Now that I have a foolproof method for whipping up a batch in under 10 minutes, I put it on everything.
You can’t just drop that without spilling.
I don’t have cable news at home and wouldn’t even watch it if I did. I catch glimpes in lobbies, various offices where I work, etc….
Does CNN do anything but act as Trump’s foil on every little stupid thing? Trump’s tweet this, white nationalists on line that, how can any thinking person consider that news? It’s basically TMZ with politicians instead of celebs at this point