Pesto White Bean Panini

Basil-walnut pesto, smashed white beans, roasted red pepper, and arugula pressed until crackly.

💪 Where's the protein? Right here — 21g

White beans (13g)
Whole-grain ciabatta (6g)
Walnuts (2g)

🍃 Sugar-Free Option

No added sweeteners in this recipe — it's sugar-free as written. Any sugars in the nutrition panel come from whole vegetables, grains, and fruit only.

Ingredients (all organic)

✓Whole-grain ciabatta, 1 roll
✓Cannellini beans, 3/4 cup
✓Basil, 1 cup
✓Walnuts, 2 tbsp
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✓Garlic, 1 clove
✓Roasted red pepper, 1/2
✓Arugula, handful
✓Olive oil, 2 tsp

Dotted ⓘ ingredients have photos and store locations in the field guide.

How to Prep

1Blend basil, walnuts, nutritional yeast, garlic, and oil in a food processor until it becomes a pesto.
2Smash beans with a fork; season.
3Layer beans, pesto, red pepper, arugula in the ciabatta.
4Press in a hot pan under a heavy skillet, 3 minutes per side.

🔪 Starting from raw? The basics (1)

Beans: canned or from dry

Canned is fine everywhere — drain and rinse; one 15-oz can is about 1½ cups. From dry: soak overnight and simmer 60–90 minutes until fully tender.

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📍 Buy the ingredients — Chicagoland

Every ingredient above is stocked organic at these local spots:

Whole Foods Market — Lakeview
Fresh Thyme Market — Bucktown
Pete's Fresh Market — Bridgeport
Mariano's — Throughout Chicagoland
Dill Pickle Food Co-op — Logan Square
Sugar Beet Food Co-op — Oak Park

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21g protein

Pesto White Bean Panini

Ingredients (all organic)

How to Prep

📍 Buy the ingredients — Chicagoland

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