This delicious recipe includes a tonne of vegetables, perfect for building your immunity in the winter months.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time2 hourshrs
Course: Main Course
Servings: 4People
Equipment
Slow/Pressure Cooker (or Oven Proof Dish)
Ingredients
10good quality organic sausages
3sticks of celery, chopped
1red onion, finely chopped
3carrots, washed/peeled and chopped
2garlic cloves, crushed
⅓red cabbage, finely chopped
1canchickpeas, drained and rinsed
1cankidney beans, drained and rinsed
6chestnut mushrooms, halved
1bottleorganic passata, (690g bottle)
250mlwarm water, (I fill up the passata bottle again)
½organic stock cube
1tspsmoked paprika
salt and pepper to season
1small head broccoli
Instructions
Put the sausages under the grill – cook until brown on both sides.
Put some olive oil in small frying pan - sauté the sliced celery and onion until translucent. Add the garlic and stir for a minute. Remove from heat and add to the slow cooker.
Put all other ingredients into the slow cooker, except for the broccoli.
Add the tomato passata and then fill the empty bottle again with water and add this.
Crumble in the stock cube and add the smoked paprika, plus a pinch of salt and pepper. Give it a good stir.
Arrange the sausages on top so they are peaking out of the top.
Put on low heat for 5 to 6 hours, high heat for 2 to 3 hours.
Check the seasoning, and add extra salt or pepper if needed – stir without pushing the sausages to the bottom.
For the last 15 minutes, lay the broccoli on top to let it heat through.
Serve with mashed sweet potatoes or sweet potato wedges… or delicious on its own
Notes
Substitutions:
If you don’t have a slow cooker, just use an oven proof dish and bake at a low heat (around 160C) for around 1 hour to 90 minutes.
You can use dried beans instead of tinned – just soak and boil them until they are cooked first.
You can use up any leftover veggies you have – a great way to use up any vegetables that need using up. Courgettes, fennel, aubergine work well – plus parsnips, Swede and squash.
If you don’t have passata, just use 2 tins of chopped tomatoes instead.
For vegans and veggies – you can use vegetarian sausages instead of meat ones. Or just omit the sausages for a protein rich veggie packed delicious meal!