• I have always wanted to find an alternative to baked beans

Ingredients

• tin of beans × 1 tin
  • canelotti beans
  • black beans
  • black eye beans
  • kidney beans
  • recently made a switch to lentils – which I was told are healthier
• tin of fish × 1 tin (often take a little out for the cat)
  • mackerel
  • tuna
  • salmon
  • sardines (not my favourite)
• tin of corn × 1 (80g)
  • feel free to evaluate this as this can be quite high in sugar
• tomatoes
  • real – blended in a nutri bullet
  • passatta × 1 carton
  • chopped tomatoes × 1 tin
  • if tomatoes not available then a curry paste alternative may work

Additional spices and flavourings

To add a little extra taste, some of the following ingredients have been used at different occasions:

• splash of red wine
• soy sauce (dark)
• cumin
• mustard
• Valentina Muy picante

Recipe

Essentially you want to get all the ingredients in the pan, starting with the tomatoes, and reduce all down, add spices in towards the end of cooking. Reducing time about 15 minutes.

Serving

• Using these portions – this is enough for 2 – 4 servings.