i've had good luck using gram
flour in place of beans — i usually puree everything with the liquids, then add the gluten, then the gram flour until a malleable dough forms, knead it until it gets rather firm, then shape into a log.
And I use a good vanilla
extract in place of the bean and a drop, and I mean a drop of coconut extract in both the cake and the frosting... To die for.
This ground beef recipe uses pureed
pumpkin in place of the beans, is seasoned with some traditional fall spices as well as the chili powder, and basically cooks itself in the crock pot.
Alternate recipe - I'm confident you could do this preparation with gnocchi (don't boil the gnocchi first)
in place of the beans.