Spaghetti with White Bean Sauce

== Ingredients ==
* 1 tbsp olive oil
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
* 1 red onion, very finely chop
* ½ red bell pepper, ¼" dice
* 3 celery stalks, ¼" dice
* 1 cup cooked white beans
* 1 cup vegetable stock or bean cooking liquid
* ¼ cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
* ½ tsp hot pepper flakes
* salt and pepper
* 8 to 10 oz spaghetti
* 1 to 2 oz freshly grated romano cheese for serving
== Directions ==
# Heat the olive oil in a nonstick frying pan.
# Add the garlic, onion, bell pepper, and celery and cook over medium heat until soft but not brown, about 4 minutes.
# Stir in the white beans and cook for 1 minute.
# Add the stock or bean liquid, half the parsley, pepper flakes and salt and pepper to taste.
# The sauce should be highly seasoned.
# Simmer until the beans are quite soft, about 20 minutes.
# Coarsely mash the beans with a fork.
# Cook the spaghetti in a large pot in 4 quarts rapidly boiling salted water until al dente, about 8 minutes.
# Drain well.
# Meanwhile, bring the sauce to a boil.
# Transfer the spaghetti sauce in a large shallow bowl and mix well.
# Sprinkle spaghetti with the remaining parsley and serve at once with freshly grated cheese on top. 
== Nutritional information ==
Per serving: 
* 347 calories | 74g pro | 62g carb | 5g fat (13%) | 1.8g fiber | .4 mg chol | 27g sod 
* exchanges: .2 veg | 3.6 bread | .4 meat | .7 fat
Category:Celery Recipes
Category:Italian parsley Recipes
Category:Ovo-lacto Recipes
Category:Red bell pepper Recipes
Category:Red onion Recipes
Category:Romano Recipes
Category:Spaghetti Recipes
Category:Vegetable stock and broth Recipes
Category:White bean Recipes