Spicy Beans with Greens

Heat a large stock pot or Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add olive oil. You want to cover the bottom of the pot.

Add the veggies to the pot and stir while they sweat. While the vegetables are cooking up, cut up the sausage into 1/4-1/2 inch rounds. Use whatever kind of sausage you like. I used Trader Joe’s chicken andouille sausage. You could also use chorizo, kielbasa or hot/sweet Italian sausage. Obviously, a spicy sausage will make for a spicier pot of beans. But if you don’t have or don’t like spicy sausage, you could spice this up in other ways: add some hot pepper flakes, chopped hot peppers of your choosing, hot sauce. You get the idea.

Add the sausage to the pot and cook for about 5 minutes.

Add the diced tomatoes and cook for a few minutes more.

Add the white beans. Cook for a few minutes and then add the spinach and/or arugula.

Season with salt, pepper, sage, thyme, parsley and cook for about 10 minutes more until beans are soft and flavorful.