I used to make this dish at University.
(You get some iron from the kidney beans if you are doing nutritional November)
We would cook in batches for each other every evening, this was one of my contributions.
I can’t quite remember it, it was binded together better.
Will adjust this recipe if I remember; it could of had pasta in but I can’t make that here.
Calories per serving 191 calories
Ingredients
(Adjust appropriately if cooking for more)
Small tin of chopped tomatoes
Small tin of red kidney beans
1/2 chopped white onion, (we just get it pre chopped at the supermarket)
few sliced carrots
few celery sticks sliced into small pieces
generous amount of ground cinnamon
parsley
Method
Drain the tomato juice and empty the tomatoes into a tray.
Drain the kidney beans and empty into the tray.
Stir in the onions, celery and carrots.
Sprinkle on the cinnamon and give it another good stir.
Cover with foil and put on the top shelf in the oven.
Steam for 45 minutes at Gas Mark 6.
Remove from oven.
Pile generously onto a plate.
Remove the parsley from the stems and arrange neatly on top.
Review
Going to try this again as not quite how I remembered.
The Parsley tasted gorgeous with the carrots.
The cinnamon worked well with the kidney beans.
(Really warming and comforting for winter evenings)
If you can make pasta I think this did have wholemeal pasta stirred in.
This was possibly what binded it together.
I was stuffed after eating this, so with pasta the sauce might actually serve 2.
I was vegetarian when I made this.
I love this recipe still.
Back in the day vegetarian food was more wholesome than now.
Nowadays it emmulates meat products which doesn’t make sense if you don’t want to eat meat?
Decided to get back into wholefood cookery as it is a good way to get wholesome nutrients and your five a day and is also really quick and easy to do midweek when some of us are short on time.
Then at weekends we have treats like chicken and chips and so forth.
If you cook for people who aren’t doing wholefood and nutrients I’m finding you have veg and herbs left over that you can introduce into their more filling hearty foods.
Like lemon and parsley on low fat battered cod.
Hope this inspires you.
Maybe you will work out where I went wrong here lol!!!
Making this again anyway, hopefully be able to add the wholemeal pasta soon.
Saphire
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