Yes, cozy can be good for you! When you’re feeling the winter blues, turn to these healthy stew recipes to perk you right back up.
Growing up we called it “pasta fasul”. This warm and comforting thick stew was frequently on the table when the weather turned cool in autumn and downright freezing in winter. Now that the fall weather has arrived in L.A., I made a batch with the last gasp of tomatoes I had from the summer (You have to love L.A., picking tomatoes in October).
It wasn’t until I moved out of the nest that I found out “pasta fasul” wasn’t the real Italian name for this stew. “Pasta e fagioli” is how it’s written in cookbooks; a phrase that to this day is cumbersome to say for me. The name “pasta fasul” is, in truth, an Americanization of the Neapolitan dialect name “pasta e fasule”. It also is well known from the Dean Martin song “That’s Amore” which includes the rhyme “When the stars make you drool, just like pasta fazool, that’s amore”.
Maria Egotalmo – she had a thing for men in uniform
Given that my grandmother Maria was from Naples as well as half the Italians in the tiny western New Jersey town of Phillipsburg, this was the only name it was known by. This dish with two main ingredients of cannellini beans and a short pasta is easy to prepare and will stretch over several days because of its stick-to-your-ribs quality.
Pre-children, I would occasionally take out my slow cooker during the winter months, but it was never something I used that often. Since having kids I feel it rarely leaves my countertop. Especially now that my eldest is at school with a very busy after school sports schedule.
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