This recipe was inspired by Alice Waters' cranberry bean gratin from The Art of Simple Food. We've eaten cranberry beans in many delicious combinations at several of our favorite restaurants and realized we could make a very good side dish into an excellent main course by adding kale and goat cheese to the mix. <br /> <br />We use dried cranberry beans but you could substitute a similar bean - cannellinis would work, as would pintos or white beans. And we generally find that we prefer the texture and flavor you get with dried beans but in a pinch canned would work too.

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