This is a perennial favorite around here. We've been making it for years; not just for the family, but as potluck dishes for recitals, parties, homeschool clubs, etc. It is amazing! The buttery bean, contrasted with the bitter, garlicky rapini is a flavor explosion! I can't go on enough about it. The cooking broth is always sopped up by the children with French or Italian bread. Mmmm.
It takes just 15 minutes to make on the stove, but requires a few hours of baking in the oven. I always overindulge on this. Oh, well.
The recipe is enough to feed a family o five, but the leftovers from this are in demand, so I always double this recipe.
Cost Breakdown:
2 cans of beans: $2.50
onion, carrot, garlic : $1.50
tomato: $1
rapini: $3
bread: $3
Total to feed a family of 5:
$11.00
