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" Preferences around here fall along typical gender stereotypes: meatless pasta is for sissies. No one dare say it out loud, but while my mom and I ate up this pasta dish (with white beans, spinach, roasted red pepper and kalamata olives), the men picked at what was in their bowls and then spent the rest of the evening scrounging for something else to eat. My husband did suggest some bacon, which I think would be a good way to start an alternate version of this.  I love this kind of pasta dish; it can be made with pantry staples and is filling without being really heavy. After starting the pasta boiling, you warm a couple tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet with slices of garlic clove (be careful to not burn the garlic; it gets very bitter). Add a can of cannellini (white kidney) beans; the recipe said not to drain it but I couldn&amp;#039;t bring myself to add all that goopey stuff, so I poured off some of it and then dumped the beans in the skillet. Then add some halved, pitted kalamata olives (I didn&amp;#039;t use very many because they&amp;#039;re not popular around here) and chopped roasted red pepper. Instead of parsley, I added what was left of a baby spinach blend; when you add the cooked pasta and water it wilts the greens. I didn&amp;#039;t add the whole pound of pasta, either, saving back about \u00BC of it for another dish. Add lots of pepper and grated Romano cheese, and you&amp;#039;re ready to go.  Here&amp;#039;s the recipe, along with a couple other recipes that would go over better with the carnivores you&amp;#039;re feeding:  Orecchiette alla Rustica Pasta with Chicken Sausage Penne with Bacon, Spinach and Mushrooms I often turn to pasta when I&amp;#039;m tired and don&amp;#039;t know what to make for dinner. What&amp;#039;s your fallback dinner? \u2014 Kim Walker "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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