Meet my new favorite side dish.  In case I haven’t mentioned it lately, I’ve been a little short on time these days.  An elaborate side dish that requires lots of dicing and chopping and stewing is beyond my realm of thinking at the moment.  Give me something fast, deliciously creamy and oh, can it please be relatively healthy too?  Awesome.

A simple side dish that is packed with protein, fiber and happens to be incredibly flavorful, this will quickly become a staple in your recipe arsenal.  The sauteed garlic and rosemary paired with the smooth, creamy white beans create a dish that will rival plain ol’ mashed potatoes any day.  I hate to say it, but this may be the mistress that breaks up the eternal marriage of Steak and Potatoes! Gasp! Oh, the horror!

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I subscribe to a ton of food blogs and, as a result, I generally get a handful of recipes personally delivered to my email inbox each day.  The gems get filed away under the bulging To Make List.  Some get a quizzical, “Really? You think that tastes/looks/smells like a good idea?” and are promptly filed in the mysterious Gmail “archive,” never to be heard from again.  Very rarely do I receive a recipe that produces a Run-Don’t-Walk level of urgency.  This salad was of the Run-Don’t-Walk variety.

The recipe showed up on a Monday.  Had it not been for the fact that I am currently studying for a rather large, life-altering exam (ahem, The Bar) that will determine the validity of my last three years of oh-so expensive schooling, the salad would have been made that very evening.  Rest assured that despite my current level of chaos, this salad was still made before the end of the week.  You would think that this story would end with the expected disappointment that usually results when one has such heightened expectations.  But, you would be wrong.

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