Mangia Fagioli -
christina cooks: back to the cutting board

In Northern Italy, people are known as "mangia fagioli" or bean eaters. They should also be known as "inteligente" since eating beans is one of the healthiest habits we can develop. Packed with protein, fiber and complex carbs, beans satisfy like almost no other food. Time to mangia fagioli. Recipes: Skillet Pasta e Fagioli; Speedy Lentil Bolognese; Gnochetti with Chickpeas and Breadcrumbs in a Garlic Tomato Sauce.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 311

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About Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board:

In CHRISTINA COOKS: BACK TO THE CUTTING BOARD, Christina Pirello shares healthy, fresh Italian and Mediterranean recipes as well as her brassy, insightful approach to liver, kidney and heart health and diabetes prevention.

Diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1983, Christina turned to a macrobiotic diet of whole grains and vegetables to aid in her recovery, launching the 20-plus year run of her Emmy Award-winning series Christina Cooks.

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