Kale sauce pasta, a recipe I adapted from the chef Joshua McFadden, is still one of my most favorite things to cook.

Beans Marbella applies the same tangy, sharp flavors of the iconic chicken dish to creamy white beans, and it’s delicious.

With five stars and more than 11,000 reviews, it’s a very green (and very easy) recipe to kick off the new year.

By Eric Kim Credit...Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. After his first marriage ended, the chef Nick Anderer vowed to himself ...