It’s winter. It’s cold. It’s perfect weather for a warming meal. Melissa Clark shows how to make red wine pinto beans with bacon.

A recipe for white bean and caramelized onion calzone.

Recipe for lamb-and-white-bean chili.

A recipe for Black-Bean Cakes With Smoked Salmon.

A recipe for pasta e fagioli from Emilio’s Ballato in New York.

A recipe for a salad of slow-cooked albacore and fresh shell beans.

If you have grains and legumes on hand — especially quick-cooking ingredients like bulgur, quinoa, rice and lentils — you’ll always have the basis for a healthy meal.

If possible, cook your own beans for this pâté, which tastes like a much lighter version of refried beans.

A recipe for Cannellini Bean Salad With Shaved Spring Vegetables.

This week marks the beginning of Lent, when many of us choose to abstain from meat or dairy products — making this the perfect time to try new vegan dishes. Today: baked beans with mint, peppers and tomatoes.