Comments on: Pasta Fagioli AKA Beans and Macaroni

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:08:35 +0000

Made this tonight. Quick Friday night meal. I added diced red pepper and baby spinach. Thanks for your inspirations, Roni :)

By: michelangelo

michelangelo — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:12:29 +0000

Hello, congratulations, the recipe is really very similar to how my grandmother is here in Tuscany, the only advice I can give to make a real Tuscan bean soup is to cook the pasta directly into the bean soup by adding water or broth stepper must become a soup and Serve adding a dash of extra virgin olive oil in the soup pot. I forgot how to use herbs including rosemary

By: roni

roni — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:49:29 +0000

Marcia – I’ve never made it into a soup but if I was I’d pretty much just add water to the sauce, or broth I suppose. Let us know if you try it!

By: Marcia

Marcia — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:43:21 +0000

I can’t wait to try this. How would you turn it into soup?

By: jag

jag — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:11:54 +0000

Made this tonight, but using Barilla Plus Rotini (corkscrew pasta) instead of elbow macaroni, and was really happy with how that worked out.

I also stirred in some chopped celery (I was out of carrots) and chopped fresh basil (including the stems), and sprinkled the top with more fresh basil instead of parsley.

Would definitely make this again. Yum! Thank you for sharing! :-)

By: Larissa

Larissa — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:27:45 +0000

I just made this for my 9-month old! This was his first real table-food dinner! He devoured it! It was so good!!!

By: roni

roni — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:11:34 +0000

I agree.. this is the kind of meal I could eat and eat and eat. A salad is a great idea!

-Roni

By: kyree90

kyree90 — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:15:26 +0000

Just made this one for lunch today, and LOVED it. Good thing, too, because I have a ton of leftovers.

My only thought: Next time, I’ll pair it with a nice, big green salad. The 1-cup serving didn’t seem like very much.

Then again, now that I’ve been done eating for a while, I’m perfectly full. Ah, the perils of believing you need the giant bowls of pasta you get in a restaurant!

By: ttfn300

ttfn300 — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:29:10 +0000

i wasn’t a huge fan as a kid, but i bet i’d like it now :)

By: roni

roni — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:47:01 +0000

YES! I’m glad you asked. I did rinse and drain them, I always do too.

By: Sally

Sally — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:35:37 +0000

Hi Roni,can I rinse the beans before I throw them in as I don’t like to use that thick liquid it comes in .

By: Larissa

Larissa — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:13:53 +0000

Roni – you HAVE to get that cookbook done! I can’t keep printing out these recipies!!!

: )

By: roni

roni — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:19:12 +0000

Probably not. :( I mean I’ve frozen pasta before but it’s never quite the same. However you can easily half the recipe and freeze the leftover beans or even just use them in something else.

By: Applesauce

Applesauce — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:11:21 +0000

Hi Roni! Love your site, and i make your (veg friendly) recipes regularly, do you think this dish would freeze ok??

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:51:00 +0000

I have been a lurker on your site for a long time. Love your recipe ideas! Is there a way to print them in a recipe format??

By: Priyanka

Priyanka — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:31:43 +0000

Love the idea! Simple yet amazing.

By: Acai Berry Research

Acai Berry Research — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:53:11 +0000

Nice post , I love Italian food i make to time cheese maccaroni, I love these kind of dishes, Good job

By: roni

roni — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:14:09 +0000

When I make it for me I do the same thing! lol This got the boys to eat.. if I added more veggies I’m sure they’d turn their noses up to it. DRIVES ME CRAZY! lol

By: Valerie

Valerie — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:12:03 +0000

I make something very similar to this. I add zucchini, petite diced tomatoes, and green bell peppers. It’s super yummy. I am the only one in the family that eats it. Lots of lunch leftovers for me!