Tuscan Cannellini Beans
These Tuscan Cannellini Beans are the perfect lunch or light dinner. It's rich and creamy and full of the flavours of Italy.
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 717.45kcal
Ingredients
- 0.5 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 225 ml plant based cream
- 100 ml vegetable stock
- 1 cup basil
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp mustard
- 0.5 lemon juice only
- 1 tsp mixed herbs
- 4 tbsp tomato puree
- 200 g sun dried tomatoes
- 235 g cannellini beans drained weight from 1x 400g tin
- 3 handfuls spinach
- 2 tbsp vegan parmesan
- black pepper
- Parsley to serve
Instructions
- Add the diced onion to a hot pan with a little olive oil and a large pinch of salt.
- Cook for 5-8 minutes until they start to go translucent.
- Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Add the tomato puree and sun-dried tomatoes and stir well.
- Pour in the cream, vegetable stock and add the herbs, nutritional yeast, mustard and lemon juice. Stir well.
- Add the cannellini beans and bring it to a simmer.
- Stir in the spinach beans and cook until wilted.
- Season with the vegan parmesan and a good crack of black pepper.
- Serve with a sprinkling of chopped parsley.
Nutrition
Calories: 717.45kcal | Carbohydrates: 119.16g | Protein: 29.8g | Fat: 21.9g | Saturated Fat: 7.99g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.58g | Sodium: 1135.91mg | Potassium: 3857.71mg | Fiber: 22.04g | Sugar: 48.71g | Vitamin A: 1929.38IU | Vitamin C: 62.53mg | Calcium: 229.41mg | Iron: 13.38mg