This Veggie Bean Casserole recipe is a wonderful dinner for mid week. It really warms you up after a hard days work and it’s packed full of good carbs and plenty of fibre. It’s also a great way of using up any vegetables that you have in the kitchen.
Ingredients:
– 1 tin mixed beans, or if you have the time, dried beans that have been soaked overnight
– Mixed seasonal root vegetables such as carrots, parsnips, sweet potato, turnip, squash and some red onions
– 1 red chilli, leave the seeds in if you want extra spice
– 1 jar good quality passata or homemade if you have the time
– Good quality cheddar cheese
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180c.
2. Peel and cut the vegetables into bite size pieces, place in a roasting tin and drizzle with olive oil and roast for about 45 minutes.
3. Take the vegetable out of the oven and mix with the beans and passata over a low heat.
4. Place half of the mixture in an oven proof baking dish and top with a good handful of cheddar cheese.
5. Finish with the remaining mixture and top with more cheddar cheese
6. Return it to the oven to melt the cheese and serve immediately.
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