Easy Butter Bean Stew

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp oil
• 250g mixed cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• ½ cup water
• 1 X 570g jar butter beans, with the stock
• 1 red onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 sprig of fresh rosemary, stems removed, chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 20g hard cheese
• 1 cup spinach, chopped
• Parsley to garnish

Instructions

1. Heat oil on a large pan, then add the onion and saute for 5-7 minutes, before adding the minced garlic and cooking for another minute or two.
2. Tip in the cherry tomatoes, tomato paste, and water. Stir, then cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes until the tomatoes have broken down and softened.
3. Uncover the pan and tip in your butter beans along with the stock (if you’d prefer to rinse your beans, do so and add 300ml vegetable stock instead). Stir and simmer the beans for another 5 - 10 minutes.
4. Add the spinach, stir it into the pan until wilted, then remove the pan from the heat and add the grated hard cheese, stirring until the cheese is melted.
5. Sprinkle over the parsley and serve with crusty bread to mop everything up!