1.   Bean salads are more likely to be made with black beans or cannellini beans, pinto beans or garbanzo beans, all borrowed from the cuisines of other countries.

2.   For main courses, look for the osso buco and pair it with a side dish of cannellini beans with sage and olive oil.

3.   To cooked pasta add some cannellini beans, a little chicken broth, olive oil, and chopped parsley, anchovies if you dare.

4.   We did not include larger cannellini beans.

5.   You may also substitute canned cannellini beans instead of cooking them from scratch although some flavor witll be sacrified.