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This was really delicious, and very hearty. I was thinking it would be a great filling for stuffed peppers.
vivian
Good news: ONE POT and FIVE INGREDIENTS to yummmmmmy.
This recipe — side note: can we still call it a recipe if it’s 5x easier than mac and cheese from a box? doing it — is for hungry hungry hippos like yours truly who want 1) HEALTHY and 2) EASY food sitting on their table, like, ten minutes ago. And also may or may not have access to a kitchen. Serious.
This one pot wonder is a healthy combination of chewy farro aka my latest food obsession, white beans, tomato sauce (Dear DeLallo, I luv you and thank you for not adding sugar or other unnecessary things to your dreamy tomato basil sauce), tender bright green baby kale, halved grape tomatoes, and a handful of Asiago or Parmesan or – I’m gonna go there – shredded taco cheese if you don’t have anything else and you need to finish up a bag of it left over from your enchiladas verdes last week. Just lock me up right now. I am a complete and utter food criminal.
This whole thing was like a delicious Italian Rice and Beans combination, which is the best news ever because there is little I love more in this life than a cozy, humble, comforting rice and beans dinner.
It gave my hungry self a feel-good bear hug at the end of a long, exhausting day full of me pretending to knock down walls and generally be useful at all during a kitchen remodel. Exhausting, I’m telling you.
A note to the new readers who haven’t heard me say it yet: I’m cooking in the basement. Like, making meals for us as real people to eat for dinner, and making meals to share with you as food blog readers.
And you guys. I don’t mean in a kitchen in a basement – I mean like we packed all our stuff in boxes to prepare for the remodel, brought them downstairs, set out a few appliances (hi, rice cooker!) on a work bench covered with a tablecloth, and called the whole thing done.
I’m thinking I might have mentioned this before, like, one hundred and one times in the last three posts because I have this bad habit thing about never letting my woe-is-me situations go unnoticed. But when I am cooking in the basement, making really randomly delicious, healthy, and super easy things in small electric kitchen appliances instead of succumbing to the multiple happy hour snacks within a one minute drive from our house, you are going to know about it.
How To Make Our Asiago White Bean Farro:
So in addition to shoveling this healthy these Asiago White Beans and Farro and veggie crew straight from rice cooker to mouth, we are most definitely still working through this whole kitchen remodel and loving the progress.
So far, we’ve gone from two separate rooms (kitchen and dining room) to one open space. This redistribution of space is a BIGGIE BIG DEAL for us small house dwellers. The potential for natural light that I’ll get in the kitchen now from those two double doors being exposed is just making me crazy excited.
This week, Bjork and I are off and running for a road trip along the California coast — weeeeeeeeee! We’ll be hitting up lots of places for a whole bunch of different stuff, most of which revolves around food photography and you know that makes me one happy California dreamin girl. I hope you will virtually ride along in the backseat of our little economy rental car by following along on my favoritist of all the social medias, INSTA-GEE. I’ll even share my car snacks with you.
While we’re gone, our amazingly talented house fixin team is going to be getting the electric, plumbing, and drywall all good to go. So when we come back in eight days, we’ll have a real official space that doesn’t look like a skeleton of a house anymore.
One thing, though. Does a person need to limit how often they text, call, and FaceTime their contractor during a mid-remodel trip? Please say no. I already have him on speed dial.
If kitchen remodeling means I get to eat this all the time for all the meals and be happy and healthy and save lots of time, I think I might just like to make kitchen remodeling and basement cooking a regular part of our lives.
(Do not quote me on that ever.)
But truthfully, honestly, for realio, I just love this so super easy rice cooker one pot Asiago White Bean and Farro combo like 200x better than anything else that’s come out of the basement kitchen up till this point. And I don’t even think I would need to be cooking in a basement in order to love the comforting combo of the farro, the white beans, fresh veggies, tangy tomato sauce and sharp Asiago or Parmesan cheese. It’s healthy, colorful, loaded with protein and fiber, adaptable with what you have on hand but don’t even think about bringing up taco cheese right now.
This whole thing = happy, healthy, extremely easy, one pot dinner.
And that = a better Monday.
Asiago White Beans with Farro, Kale, and Tomatoes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3 one-cup servings 1x
Description
This recipe for Asiago White Beans with Farro, Kale, and Tomatoes is a healthy one-pot recipe that can be made in the rice cooker!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup uncooked farro (usually found in the health foods or dry rice and beans section of the grocery store)
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 cup canned white beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup halved grape tomatoes
- 2 cups baby kale or spinach
- 1/2 cup Asiago or Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup tomato sauce (I am loving DeLallo Tomato Basil – no added sugar!)
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place the farro in a rice cooker with the broth. Start the rice cooker, or if you don’t have a rice cooker, just cook it in a small pan on the stove according to package directions. (Farro takes a minimum of 30 minutes to cook so I always use the brown rice setting on the rice cooker. Soaking it overnight does speed up the cook time, but I never think ahead to do that and it always turns out just fine as long as you cook it long enough to be soft and chewy.)
- Add the white beans, grape tomatoes, kale, Asiago, and tomato sauce directly into the rice cooker or the pot on the stove. Stir it all up, season with additional salt and pepper and maybe a snip of fresh herbs, and you’re done.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: white beans, asiago cheese, farro recipe
Quick, easy dinner tonight! I was looking for a recipe to use up some Great Northern beans, and I found this one. I had to sub rice for the farro since I couldnāt find farro at our grocery store. I loved the fact that I was able to have everything prepped and ready to stir together by the time my rice was done cooking. Great meal for a busy weeknight!
I am making this right now and decided to use my insta pot. The farro is cooked but there is a lot of liquid still in the pot. Should I drain it before adding the other Ingredients?
Draining would be a great idea!
I think I would switch out kale for spinach and the tomato for else. Spinach adds flavor and not a fan of tomatoes. Otherwise this USA great!
Love this – added a zucchini that I needed to use. Did two pots so it was done faster. So, so easy and good.
Two pots! Love that kitchen hack! Glad you enjoyed this, Kendyl! š
I just made this and it was Delicious!!!
I just made this – it’s SO good! I especially liked that it only uses 5 ingredients because I batch cook my lunches for the week and time can be tight so this was great.
I did make a few changes. I used quinoa instead of farro, cooked in veggie stock and olive oil and a bit a salt. I used Parmesan and then decided to lean more into the Italian flavors, so I added basil (my tomato sauce didn’t come with that) and oregano and just a pinch of thyme too. I also added garlic because I can’t cook without it.
Will definitely make again! Thanks for sharing.
Delicious!!!!
Loved this recipe!!
Thank you!
Just discovering this recipe and wondering if it could be prepared in an instapot??
I made this but used canned tomatoes and canned mixed greens and added kidney beans. I skipped the cheese. Added turmeric and cumin and chili powder and garlic. VERY YUMMY.
YUS ! Thank you for this ! I now have something delicious to eat for dinner !
Awesome! Hope you like it, Alicia. š
We have made this recipe regularly since finding it on Pinterest a few months back – my husband and I take turns throwing it together and love that it’s so easy AND healthy. We even have had it before when the hubs forgot to add the tomato sauce at the end – still good!
Glad to hear that, Kate! š
This recipe looks delish – definitely on my list to try!
I really love the dishes that you used to plate this recipe – where did you get them from?
Hi, Amanda! Lindsay made this recipe during her “no kitchen” phase (kitchen remodel), so they are actually our mom’s plates! Mom informed me that they were purchased from Robert Briscoe. His website is here: . He makes some amazing pottery!
WOW! This dish was absolutely fantastic. The prepping for this dish was so quick and easy and the cooking was fool-proof! This dish was so rich and hearty, yet still fresh and light. The kale and tomatoes really shine in this dish! Next time, I think I will double the amount of kale to make it even more healthy!
Thanks for a great vegetarian recipe š I think any meat lover will love this.
Thanks for the comment – I’m so glad to hear that you liked it Natalie!
I tried this recipe with my friend the other day and we couldn’t stop eating from it! It’s soooo gooooood!! With this dish we went for the spinach and Parmesan cheese combination.
Usually it’s my turn to cook for the family every Saturday and from now on I always pick a recipe from your website. Everyone loves it!
Tonight another recipe from your website and I can’t wait to try it! Unbelievable how I survived before coming across your website!
Thank you!:D
Thanks for the comment – I’m so glad to hear that you liked it Christine!
Not sure how I forgot to leave a comment on this! Made it a few months ago and instead of sharing the 3 servings definitely ate them all myself throughout the week as lunch. I didn’t have farro on hand so I subbed it for some brown rice instead. This was so easy and tasty. Most of the cook time was spent sitting in front of my TV. LOVE. Opened my eyes to a whole new world of rice cooker meals! Yay! Excited to explore that world a little deeper. Thanks!!! š
Thanks for the comment – I’m so glad to hear that you liked it Melissa!
I made this last night and it was delicious! I made a few modifications – added some minced garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, and briefly roasted the grape tomatoes before adding them to get some caramelization, and it was great. Super easy recipe – highly recommend!
I love hearing that! Thanks for the comment Amy!
Great dinner. My boys wanted to add black olives cause they are like that. very tasty.
Wow this salad looks so colorful and amazing! Beautiful and healthy perfect combo.
Oh wow! This was great! I had to adjust the recipe a bit because no matter what — I just.can’t. follow. a recipe!. I used a little more tomato sauce and sautĆ©ed that with garlic and red pepper flakes. Put it all together with spinach! Oh my gosh! It was so tasty. We had never had farro before and we loved it. In fact, my husband asked for seconds! And then I had seconds. And now my stomach hurts because I ate so much! I will definitely be making this again. Thanks for posting this great recipe!
That’s awesome! I’m so happy to hear that. Thanks so much Nancy!
I’m writing this as I munch of the leftovers. This recipe is awesome. I made it in a pinch, using Parmesan, spinach and tinned san marzano tomatoes, and it was my first time cooking with farro. So delicious, and my boyfriend is making plans to translate it into a pasta sauce.
(And the leftovers hold up well too!) Thanks so much, I love visiting your blog!
Thanks Shannah! I love hearing that.
This was really delicious, and very hearty. I was thinking it would be a great filling for stuffed peppers.
Great idea Vivian!
This was amazing! My 5 and 4 year old loved it as well as my hubby! I added some onion and garlic and had to cook it separate from the farro ( I don’t have a rice cooker). Also added some thyme and oregano! Thank you for your recipe ideas! Your site is now my go-to daily for inspiration!
Delicious! And I love hearing that – thank you so much Maria!
My husband gave this dish the thumbs up. It whips up quickly. I put the farro on to cook and then prepped the other ingredients in less time than it took to cook. Perfect.
Yes! win. š Thanks Carley!
This looks so hearty and delicious. Thanks for yet another great recipe idea!
This looks delicious! I’m totally making it. And for those lucky enough to have one nearby, Trader Joe’s has a three cheese pasta sauce with no sugar. I always keep a jar of it in my cupboard. It’s my go-to sauce for sure.
Love it! Thanks for the tip Carley!