For the last few years, I’ve been making them lunch at least three days a week. It’s become a thing and to make it even more special, we do a bible study at the lunch table. It’s become a core memory for all of us, feeding the body, feeding the soul.

These lunches take less than an hour, and sometimes are simply left-over dinners reheated and redone.

Orzo with Italian Sausage and White Beans (Cannellini Beans) is a perfect pre-ride lunch, full of carbs, protein and flavor. It only took 30 minutes to make and not one bite was left in the pan.

Orzo will absorb a LOT of liquid so make sure you do not throw out the pasta water. Keep adding until you get

Today, I had some spicy Italian sausage, (loose), white cannellini beans, passata, orzo, heavy cream, chicken broth, and a little white wine. The beans, passata and pasta are staples. You can make very quick meals with these ingredients. The sausage was a plus and we happened to have it. Of course, this dish started with sofrito, that is carrots, onion and celery.

The boys absolutely love this pasta dish of white beans and rigatoni and want it every week. This is kind of a spin on that. It’s easy comfort food, and even though it’s now Spring, there’s always time for the kind of food that makes you happy.

You might not know what passata is. You will find it in jars in the grocery store next to canned tomatoes. I like this because, you can use just the amount you want and then keep in refrigerator for at least a week.

Ingredients for Sausage Bean Pasta Recipe

• Italian Sausage
• Passata (found in jars, a tomato puree)
• Cannellini Beans
• Orzo
• White Wine
• Chicken Broth
• Heavy Cream
• Rosemary
• Garlic

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Orzo Sausage Beans Recipe

Course Pasta

Cuisine Italian

Keyword Italian sausage, orzo

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Loose Italian Sausage
• 1 pound Italian Sausage
• 1 can Cannellini Beans
• 1 cup Tomato Passata
• 1/3 cup white wine optional
• 1 pound Orzo Pasta
• 1/2 cup Heavy cream
• 2 sprigs Rosemary
• 1/2 cup Pecorino Cheese at the table

Instructions

• Begin this dish by boiling a large pot of water for the orzo. (Begin this, while cooking sausage in another pot). Cook pasta until al dente. Do not throw out pasta water, which will be added to dish.
• Heat oil in large frying pan or dutch oven, (large enough to fit the sausage and pound of pasta.
• Sauté garlic cloves until golden. Add sausage, breaking up into bite sized pieces and cooking all way through.
• Remove garlic cloves. Add passata, which will be just enough to mix into sausage. This is not a tomato sauce dish. Add in sprigs of rosemary.
• Add white wine if using and cook down on low for about ten minutes to cook off alcohol.
• Rinse can of beans. Add to dish.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Add in orzo pasta. Mix thoroughly and add one ladle of pasta water. The starchy pasta water will help to thicken. You might need to add more passata. You can judge this if you think you need more. I never add more than one cup.
• Stir in heavy cream at the end.
• Serve with grated pecorino cheese.

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Made with macaroni, boxed chicken broth and canned white beans (I like cannellini beans). Add some parsley or fresh sage for a little more flavor. Top with freshly grated parmesan or pecorino romano.

This was made in between baking five dozen cupcakes for the bakery and going to the gym. It’s just that easy to throw together a healthy, filling soup instead of a junk lunch.

This is a great recipe to start the school and soup season. Here are a few more easy soup recipes to keep in the back of your mind.

• Shrimp and Bean Soup
• Beef and Cabbage Soup
• Italian Sausage Soup
• Chicken White Bean Soup
• Lentil Sausage Soup
• Vegetable Soup
• Italian Meatball Soup
• Italian Beef Macaroni Soup

Variations for White Bean Macaroni Soup

• Mix your beans.
• Add in some greens.
• Add cooked sausage or left over roast beef.

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White Bean Macaroni Soup

Easy, Affordable White Bean Macaroni Soup

Course Soup

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword Bean macaroni Soup, bean soup, White Beans

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Angela Roberts

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 carrots diced
• fresh or dried herbs such as parsley basil, thyme
• 2 cans white cannellini beans rinsed and drained
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1 pound macaroni
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder

Instructions

• Dice carrots. Set aside.
• Open beans, drain, drizzle with olive oil.
• Cook macaroni separately 2 minutes under cooking time. Add diced carrots to the cooking pasta. Drain.
• Heat broth to simmer. Add beans and cooked macaroni, carrots.
• Add in fresh herbs, onion powder, garlic powder.
• Season to taste. Serve with Pecorino Romano or Parmesan Cheese.

Notes

This recipe is more inspiration than something you have to stick to perfectly. Add in cabbage. Add different beans. Add in more carrots or even some potatoes.

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