bob loves white beans. As a kid he was addicted to Campbell's bean with bacon soup. Nowadays with a lifetime of nutritional advice influencing, the bacon is on the black list but the beans remain beloved. Except without that regular lunchtime hit of once upon a time, the white beans are not seeing a lot of plate time in bob's food intake. Cannellini are the Italian white beans most familiar to most of us, and there are great side dishes that feature these legumes. So bob gives a look to the internet and thr first one that pops up seems to capture the spirit of what bob was looking for to complete ani's improvization with some eggplant, zucchini and (bob's suggestion) red-orange squash, starting off of course with chopped onion in olive oil. So bob works in parallel and is quite pleased with the result. Ani offers a luke warm appraisal. I guess you just can't please all the people all the time. But that's okay, cuisine is a very subjective art. In any case it made a complete protein meal and that is the goal of eating well, no?
This recipe has been modified for two hungry people by halving it. Like the reformatting of movies to fit airplane seat screens. Note the Aleppo red pepper, which was the clincher to convince bob to stop looking further.