Pizza Beans / Tomato and Gigante Bean Bake

Delicious and a great dish to share. We served it with self-made garlic butter baguette

It's awesome!! I did 2 cans of Bush's butter beans (in the comments of her recipe she says she originally formulated it for 1 pound DRY beans so two cans of cooked) and spinach hecause I didn't have kale. I also added about a tsp of Italian seasoning. All my picky eaters are eating it!

delicious!! and very filling haha. I added oregano and basil after adding the crushed tomatoes and it made the whole house smell like pizza xD we also left out the kale.

So good, but since husband doesn’t like kale, I may try swapping/removing it in the future.

Good, fun concept, but not great. Make sure not to add bean water if using dried beans - consistency will be too watery.

Heidi from 101 cookbooks adds pumpkin and olives, plus feta as well as the other cheeses https://www.101cookbooks.com/pizza-beans/?adt_ei=debfharding%40hotmail.com&ck_subscriber_id=2629541697

Really liked this with royal corona large white beans. Used vegan mozzarella (Miyokos) and a jar of pizza sauce instead of of tomatoes (what I had on hand) - still turned out delicious.

Use a longer pan next time, but good. Easily customizable with different pizza toppings.

See Also Greta Christina's simplified version: https://the-orbit.net/greta/2023/01/23/pizza-beans/ Works fine with black beans too. Can also add olives, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, bell peppers. Top with pepperoni if it doesn't need to stay vegetarian.

Simple but good! Added pasta sprinkle (Penzey's) and could do with some chili flakes. Comes together in about 35-50 minutes.