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Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tsp olive oil or veggie stock if oil-free
  • 1 onion
  • 1 red chilli
  • 1 celery stick
  • 2 carrots
  • Bunch of spinach or celery leaves
  • 1 diced red pepper
  • A can of cannellini beans or a similar white bean variety
  • 1 veggie stock cube
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste/ ketchup
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • ½ tsp pepper

Method
 

  1. Finely chop all the veggies into small cubes. Sauté the onion and chilli with the red pepper and carrots in one tablespoon of olive oil (or veggie stock) for a few minutes.
  2. Add a tin of chopped tomatoes - stir until it reaches a nice medium thick consistency and add a tablespoon of ketchup.
  3. Add chopped celery and celery leaves (don't worry if no celery leaves are available- you could use spinach too for greens – add this towards the end to retain nutritional value.
  4. Cook till the veggies are al dente and add the cannellini beans. Crumble a veggie stock cube into the mix
  5. Simmer all together for 15 minutes adding some water if it's too thick. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  6. Serve with quinoa for a filing main meal or as a side dish.