Creative Cooking

What to do with a crock pot of over-cooked cannellini beans? That was my question Thursday night as I looked into the crock pot of beans that was intended to be mixed into stir fry while still firm. The beans, however, had been cooked too long and fell apart at the slightest disturbance. So, I drained the beans in a colander, then put them back into the now-empty crock pot bowl. I tossed in some salt and pepper, a mixture of herbs from my potted plants (which have decided to double in size with all this warm weather we've been having), the last of a purple onion from Ann Arbor farmers market, and a few cups of corn meal and whole wheat graham flour from West Wind. Mixed it all up, first with a spoon, then with my hands, and then formed the doughy stuff into very thin (1/4 inch) patties about the size of my hand. I scraped out the remnants of my kale and parsnip stir fry that I had cooked up in the cast iron skillet, and set about pan-frying the bean patties until they were golden brown on both sides. I ended up with a massive stack of the things, but they sure are good! I froze some for later, though it might end up being sooner that I break into them, as I'm going through the ones in the fridge rather quickly. I've been eating them warm with a bit of butter alongside my parsnip-kale stir fry and a squash-beef-sundried tomato mixture.

It's a bit blurry, as I had started to eat before I thought to take a picture.
I was so excited to get back to eating, I couldn't bother to see if the picture had turned out well.

-Shannon