Vegetable Bake
Ingredients
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2 onions
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1 bag of kale
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1 can of chickpeas
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1 can of kidney beans
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3 carrots
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2 courgettes
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2 sweet potatoes
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1 pack of runner beans
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1 tsp of extra virgin olive oil
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Salt and Pepper
Sauce options:
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Buy a ready made sauce. Select a low fat/ free from pasta bake sauce or;
2. Make your own sauce with
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690g of passata sauce
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2 tbsp tomato Puree
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1 tbsp of dried oregano
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1 tbsp dried Parsley
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2 garlic cloves
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1/2 tsp of chilli powder
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2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
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Method
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Preheat the oven at 200 degrees/ Gas mark 6
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Drain chickpeas and kidney beans and add to an oven proof dish
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Chop carrots, 1 onion, sweet potatoes, runner beans and courgettes and add to the dish. Season with salt and pepper
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Add your ready made sauce or make your sauce by warming 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil in a pan and add 1 finely chopped onion, 2 crushed garlic cloves and simmer for 1 minute. Then add 1/2 tsp of chilli powder and 2 tbsp tomato puree and stir. Now add the passata sauce, parsley and oregano and stir.
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Pour the sauce into the oven proof dish and bake in the oven for 50 minutes
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Now make your crispy kale topping by laying half a bag of kale to an oven proof tray. Remember to remove the stalks
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Drizzle 1 tsp of extra virgin olive oil over all the kale and give it a mix so that the kale is even covered in a light coating
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Spread the kale evenly on the tray and sprinkle with salt and pepper
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Place the tray in the oven for 5 minutes. Checking after 3 minutes and giving the tray a shake before placing back in the oven.
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After 50 minutes take the vegetable bake out of the oven and pour the crispy kale on top of your vegetable bake