A Weeknight Meatless Bean Recipe + A Braised Meat Sauce That Might Surprise You! — Our Best Bites of the Week

What if your best bite of the week came from beans… or a conversation at the butcher counter?

In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week to inspire each other – and you!

By the end of this episode, you’ll want to make our favorite crispy-topped “pizza beans” that are hearty, cheesy, and ideal for a meatless dinner. You’ll also discover how a local butcher inspired our new favorite collagen-rich braised meat sauce.

Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration!

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Links:

Smitten Kitchen’s pizza beans

Sausage Ragu by Sara Jenkins and Nancy Harmon Jenkins, adapted by Julia Moskin for NYT Cooking (unlocked)

Pennsylvania-Dutch scrapple from Food Network

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