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On a cool day, there’s nothing better than a spicy stew to warm you up, and these spicy beans do just that. The recipe stipulates red kidney beans but you can always substitute other dried beans such as haricots, chick peas and butter beans. Just use whatever you’ve got in the cupboard…

Spiced Beans - serves 4

225g / 8oz dried red kidney beans, soaked overnight
400g / 14 oz canned tomatoes
1 chopped onion
1 crushed clove garlic
2.5 ml / 0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt
chopped parsley

Drain the beans then cook them in boiling water forabout an hour, until just tender.
Boil the tomatoes, onion, garlic, cayenne pepper and salt to taste for 5 minutes and add the drained beans. Cover and simmer for quarter of an hour. Serve garnished with chopped parsley and brown rice and a green salad. Also makes a good side dish with quiche or cold meat (if you’re not vegetarian…)