#vegan on budget
I vegetables. They are awesome but it’s essential to fuel your body with more nutritious food. Hence, I add beans, a beautiful source of plant based protein, to my ratatouille and cook it in one big frying pan instead of the oven. The oven > the pan but not when you try to save time.
It’s my way to cook it. Please don’t comment it’s not ratatouille. I added “kinda” in the title
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1. What is required:
- 1 courgette*
- 1 aubergine*
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 can of rinsed red beans (or any beans tbh)
- juice of 1/3 lemon
- 1 small onion
- 2-3 garlic cloves
- 1 jar of tomato sauce
- 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- dried oregano (optional)
- black pepper & salt to taste
* or 1 zucchini and 1 eggplant if you’re from the US
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2. The most difficult step of any meal : dice the onion and mince the garlic
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3. Fry the onion and garlic cloves in a big frying pan for 3 minutes. Use around 1 tbsp oil if you don’t have a non stick frying pan.
4. Roughly chop all the remaining vegetables. Add them to the pan. Cook for 5 minutes.
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5. Add beans, tomato sauce, spices, lemon juice, and balsamic vinegar. Mix well. Cover and cook for 20-25 minutes until the vegetables are tender.
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6. Admire the full pan of colourful meal.
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Don’t stare at the pan for a long time. It’s better to eat the meal warm although I ate it cold directly from the fridge because I didn’t have time for heating and it was still good.
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