Stanley Tucci shares his easy recipe for pasta fagioli

cannellini beans

🥗Healthier: great northern beans

💰Cheaper: pinto beans

Pinto beans are often more affordable and still provide a creamy texture.

Parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: Grana Padano

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Use canned beans instead of dried beans.

Add chicken stock instead of vegetable broth.

Incorporate marinara sauce into the dish.

Blanch black kale to reduce bitterness before adding it to the dish.

Cook the pasta separately and reserve some pasta water before mixing it with the sauce.

Toss the cooked pasta with the sauce and some cheese.

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