Pinto beans and hot Italian chicken sausage from Aldi. I loaded this pot up with fresh sage, thyme and rosemary. The beans were quite excellent, but the sausage was not a fave. I served this with small salads (that were never touched and were covered up and put right back in the fridge) and cheddar bay biscuits. As a little side note, that pot with the beans and sausage fit nicely into the Ipot, something I will not soon forget. This one was done with canned pinto beans, but once I get the flavors zeroed in, I will start with dried beans.
Here is the dish from a recent trip to Italy, hat I was shooting for:
This dish was so memorable, with crusty Tuscan bread, that I will try to recreate it quite a few more times,
although aside from the sausage, I was pretty happy with this effort.
HC