Throwing a dinner party is always a lot of work. No matter the time of the year, no matter how many guests you have over, there’s always lots of cooking involved. It may be just me, but it seems I end up slaving in the kitchen for at least a day prior to the party. Sometimes for two days and it has happen to still be in the kitchen during the party. You know, last-minute heating up that dish, warming up that dish or pulling steaming hot dinner rolls out of the oven.




Ingredients
1 baguette, sliced and slightly toasted
1 garlic clove
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
3 cans (14 oz) butter or cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (14 oz) diced tomatoes
1 cup California Raisins
salt and pepper

Instructions
Heat the oil in a large skillet over a medium flame.
Add the chopped onion and cook until softened.
Add the beans, diced tomatoes and raisins and cook for 5-10 minutes until the tomatoes are simmering and the beans are warmed through. Season with salt and pepper.
Remove from the heat.
Run the toasted baguette slices with the garlic clove and spoon some of the beans, tomato and raisins mixture over the slices.
Drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle some freshly cracked black pepper (optional)
Serve warm.

Notes
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