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April 6, 2020

Pasta e fagioli. Italian comfort revisioned for spring.

the food blog…this is my work…I haven’t posted in a long time but did today. Yum.

Inspired by the Italian comfort food, pasta e fagioli, I have made an orzo pasta with black beans – a warm salad with radicchio and flowers from the front lawn. Wild violets and dandelions flowers. Finished with a drizzle of olive oil. Pure simplicity and deliciousness.

That’s the entire recipe too. Just toss them together in the ratios you prefer. Go!

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Inspired by the Italian comfort food, pasta e fagioli, I have made an orzo pasta with black beans – a warm salad with radicchio and flowers from the front lawn. Wild violets and dandelions flowers. Finished with a drizzle of olive oil. Pure simplicity and deliciousness.

That’s the entire recipe too. Just toss them together in the ratios you prefer. Go!

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