Cannellini Beans Are About To Be Your Go-To Legume Thanks To These 29 Recipes
Italian White Bean Soup with Cannellini Beans
One of the things we tend to overbuy are canned beans and more often than not, we are absolutely clueless about what to do with all the dried legumes staring back at us. If you've had cans that have been sitting there longer than you can remember, it's time to dust them off and give one of these 29 easy cannellini bean recipes a go.
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If you're already sick of baked beans and minestrone, we get you! But don't throw away those cans just yet—we've got you covered with all different kind of white bean dishes in this delish roundup.
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What Are Cannellini Beans?
Basically speaking, cannellini beans (AKA white kidney beans) are the beans that are creamy-white in color and kidney-shaped. You can get them in the dried version or in canned form, and when cooked they have a mild, nutty-flavor that's delicious in so many dishes!
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How to Use Cannellini Beans
There are so many amazing cannellini bean recipes you can make with them, from soups such as Creamy Cannellini Soup and Sausage and White Bean Soup, to stews such as Vegan Sausage and Cannellini Bean Stew and Sea Bass with Cannellini Bean Stew, or even salads like Sun Dried Tomato Cannellini Bean Salad.
The options are endless and I'm betting you'll never be bored of beans again, thanks to these 29 genius cannellini bean recipes.
Cannellini Beans Recipes
Rainbow Plant Life
This creamy white bean soup with kale and gremolata is a hearty yet healthy one-pot soup perfect for cold weather!
Get the recipe: Creamy White Bean Soup with Kale and Gremolata
Parade
Cannellini beans have a nutty flavor and creamy flesh. They go well in salads like this one, which combines three leafy veggies with protein-rich tuna.
Get the recipe: Tuna and White Bean Salad
Parade
Creamy beans, gooey cheese and earthy kale are folded into a griddled tortilla for a filling treat.
Get the recipe: White Bean and Kale Quesadillas
Salt and Lavender
This flavorful Italian sausage white bean soup is loaded with bacon, plenty of tasty sausage pieces, spinach, and oodles of tender cannellini beans.
Get the recipe: Italian Sausage White Bean Soup
Feasting at Home
A simple healthy Mediterranean recipe for sea bass served over a fragrant Cannellini bean stew. Hearty and flavorful this easy dinner can be made in 30 minutes!
Get the recipe: Sea Bass with Cannellini Bean Stew
Family Style Food
Comfort food to love — this is a creamy pumpkin chili simmered with turkey, spices and cannellini beans that makes a simple soul-warming bowl. Stovetop or pressure cooker recipe.
Get the recipe: Creamy White Bean and Turkey Pumpkin Chili
The Delicious Spoon
A cold green bean salad made with white cannellini beans tossed in a light dressing vinaigrette made with fresh garden herbs.
Get the recipe: Garden Herb White and Green Bean Salad
The First Mess
Creamy kale pesto white bean dip is a delicious, super savoury, slightly cheesy, vegan, and nut-free appetizer that everyone will enjoy.
Get the recipe: Vegan Creamy Kale Pesto White Bean Dip
Jo Cooks
These white beans with bacon and herbs are so simple to make, rich and savory, comforting, loaded with flavor and super delicious. Perfect as a side or a meal on its own.
Get the recipe: White Beans with Bacon and Herbs
Budget Bytes
This quick sun dried tomato, kale, and white bean skillet is a fast, flavorful, and fiber-licious meal that is ready for perfect for weekly meal prepping.
Get the recipe: Sun Dried Tomato Kale and White Bean Skillet
Salt and Lavender
This sun-dried tomato and basil white bean dip is silky, healthy, and full of flavor. It's ready in under 10 minutes!
Get the recipe: Sun Dried Tomato and Basil White Bean Dip
Eat Love Eats
These vegan tacos feature refried cannellini beans, plenty of spring veggies and all the toppings!
Get the recipe: Vegan Tacos with Refried Cannellini Beans and Asparagus
How to Feed a Loon
This sautéed white beans with garlic, sage and tomatoes couldn't be easier to prepare, but is so full of robust flavor, you won't believe how quickly you'll be getting this to your table. Simple ingredients and wonderful flavors. It is wonderful served warm or at room temperature.
Get the recipe: Sauteed White Beans with Garlic, Sage and Tomatoes
A Saucy Kitchen
Creamy, punchy and tangy sun dried tomato and cannellini bean salad – make in 15 minutes or less with minimal prep! Serve as a simple side, as a snack or starter with bread or crackers or enjoy as a light lunch or dinner.
Get the recipe: Sun Dried Tomato and Cannellini Bean Salad
Nutmeg Nanny
This chicken cannellini bean skillet is the perfect cozy winter meal you crave. Delicious white beans cooked with cubed sausage, onions and rosemary and topped with super crispy chicken thighs. This dish is hearty, delicious and full of flavor!
Get the recipe: Chicken Cannellini Bean Skillet
Cupful of Kale
Hearty vegan sausage and cannellini bean stew in a rich and smoky tomato and red pepper sauce. This one pot dish is perfect for a comforting and no fuss weeknight dinner! Or lunch, or breakfast!
Get the recipe: Vegan Sausage and Cannellini Bean Stew
The Bettered Blondie
This Italian white bean soup is so simple to make, but has so many layers of flavor. The beans are so rich and buttery and the sausage adds some spice. It is a perfect dish for a chilly night!
Get the recipe: Italian White Bean Soup
Le Creme de La Crumb
Sausage and white bean soup is an easy and deliciously filling combination of cannellini beans, onions, garlic, roasted tomatoes, kielbasa, and lots of Italian herbs and spices that bring it all together.
Get the recipe: Sausage and White Bean Soup
Nourish Deliciously
This super simple lemony kale soup with cannellini beans and quinoa is perfect fall dinner, specially if you’re working late and need something nutritious and hearty without weighing you down.
Get the recipe: Nourish Deliciously
Salt and Lavender
This rosemary white bean dip makes a tasty little snack or appetizer. A great addition to a party platter or cheese board for easy entertaining!
Get the recipe: Rosemary White Bean Dip
The Viet Vegan
This farro, cannellini bean, and parsley pesto salad makes for a healthy, brightly flavoured lunch. Full of fibre, protein, and texture, this is a fresh way to fuel your body.
Get the recipe: Farro, Cannellini Bean and Parsley Pesto Salad
Fifteen Spatulas
This healthy white bean salad recipe is as simple as mixing a handful of ingredients together, and letting the flavors meld. It’s a great recipe for meal prep!
Get the recipe: White Bean Salad
Ugly Vegan Kitchen
This easy gnocchi recipe is quick, easy, and hearty with just 8 ingredients, including the salt and the optional vegan parmesan!
Get the recipe: Gnocchi with Cannellini Beans, Tomatoes and Spinach
Cafe Delites
Quick and easy ham and bean soup recipe is ready in 15 minutes. loaded with cannellini or navy bean with tender leftover ham in every bite!
Get the recipe: Ham and Bean Soup
A Couple Cooks
Make cannellini beans into a tasty side dish with this easy recipe! It’s packed with Mediterranean flavor and plant-based protein.
Get the recipe: Easy Cannellini Beans
Ugly Vegan Kitchen
This frugal, easy vegan orzo cannellini beans recipe cooks up quick, and is packed with savory flavors. You can’t beat an orzo recipe with spinach! It works well as a side dish or as main entree.
Get the recipe: Spinach Cannellini Bean Orzo
The Cookie Rookie
This white beans recipe is so simple, yet so delicious! Cannellini beans cooked with tomatoes, garlic, and chicken broth make for one tasty side dish. It’s perfect for holidays or easy weeknight meals!
Get the recipe: Cannellini Beans with Tomatoes and Garlic
Spend with Pennies
This cannellini bean soup is a hearty soup full of Italian sausage, potatoes, and of course cannellini beans.
Get the recipe: Creamy Cannellini Soup
Our Sunday Kitchen
This recipe for orecchiette with cannellini beans and kale is comforting, nourishing, and comes together in under 45 minutes.
Get the recipe: Orecchiette with Cannellini Beans and Kale
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