Greens and Beans is a delicious leafy Escarole part of the chicory family with white beans and can be made in a thick stoup or a light broth-like soup.
An Italian dish made often during the depression days.
Grandma called it depression food, inexpensive, and fed many family members! Sometimes she fed the whole block, no kidding!
Inexpensive and absolutely delicious. Today it's considered a delicacy in most restaurants even in my hometown, Utica, New York where you will still find this on many a menu!
They are famous for the best Italian foods there.
Utica is famous for Greens and Beans, Tomato Pie, Italian Greens, Italian Lemon Ice, Pizza Fritta, Chicken Riggies, Manny's Cheesecake, Oscugnizzo Pizza, Pusties and Rosato Chocolate Cookies.
The thickness of this old fashioned classic meal is more than just comfort food to me, it's a memory of the perfect Italian traditional food for your soul and Grandma lives on when I make this.
Scroll down to make this recipe and see why we just love making this often in Grandma's memory.
An Italian dish made often during the depression days.
Grandma called it depression food, inexpensive, and fed many family members! Sometimes she fed the whole block, no kidding!
Inexpensive and absolutely delicious. Today it's considered a delicacy in most restaurants even in my hometown, Utica, New York where you will still find this on many a menu!
They are famous for the best Italian foods there.
Utica is famous for Greens and Beans, Tomato Pie, Italian Greens, Italian Lemon Ice, Pizza Fritta, Chicken Riggies, Manny's Cheesecake, Oscugnizzo Pizza, Pusties and Rosato Chocolate Cookies.
The thickness of this old fashioned classic meal is more than just comfort food to me, it's a memory of the perfect Italian traditional food for your soul and Grandma lives on when I make this.
Scroll down to make this recipe and see why we just love making this often in Grandma's memory.
