And that’s how Pizza Beans was born. I clicked over to smittenkitchen.com on Sept. 26, 2017, and read the title of that day’s blog post: “pizza beans.” Simple, evocative, instantly appealing.

For a high-protein twist on pizza night, try this Cheesy Bean Pizza Skillet. It’s basically pizza in a skillet minus the crusty dough— creamy, marinara-coated butter beans are topped with ...

In an attempt to stack the deck, and inspired by the iconic recipe by Deb Perelman, I gave plump, meaty butter beans the pizza treatment by tossing them with marinara and topping them with lots of ...