SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Pulses and Beans 1, Chapter 6 (Stews, Bakes and Chilli)

Dried or tinned haricot and cannellini beans, tinned kidney beans, black beans and butter beans, good pork sausages (or vegetarian sausages), onions, carrots, celery, red and green peppers, garlic, tinned chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, feta, smoked paprika, ground cumin, mild chilli powder, dried oregano, bay leaves, dark brown sugar or maple syrup, malt or cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce (or soy sauce), unsweetened cocoa powder, olive and rapeseed oil, your own stock (Cooking Skills: Soups and Stocks 1, chapter 1) or low-salt cartons, parsley, flaked sea salt and black pepper.

Home-made baked beans (4 portions)
[ ] 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
[ ] 1 onion, finely chopped
[ ] 2 garlic cloves, grated
[ ] 1 tbsp tomato paste
[ ] 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes
[ ] 2 tins of haricot beans (400 g each), drained and rinsed
[ ] 1 tbsp dark brown sugar
[ ] 1 tbsp malt or cider vinegar
[ ] 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce (or soy sauce)
[ ] 1 tsp smoked paprika
[ ] 100 ml water

A bean chilli (4 portions)
[ ] 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
[ ] 1 onion, chopped
[ ] 1 red pepper, diced
[ ] 3 garlic cloves, grated
[ ] 2 tsp ground cumin
[ ] 2 tsp smoked paprika
[ ] 1 tsp mild chilli powder
[ ] 1 tbsp tomato paste
[ ] 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes
[ ] 400 g tin of kidney beans, drained and rinsed
[ ] 400 g tin of black beans, drained and rinsed
[ ] 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
[ ] 200 ml water or stock
[ ] 1 lime, juice

Butter beans with tomato and feta (4 portions)
[ ] 3 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 1 onion, chopped
[ ] 3 garlic cloves, sliced
[ ] 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes
[ ] 2 tins of butter beans (400 g each), drained and rinsed
[ ] 1 tsp dried oregano
[ ] 1 bay leaf
[ ] 1 tsp sugar
[ ] 100 g feta, crumbled
[ ] 3 tbsp chopped parsley

A sausage and bean stew (4 portions)
[ ] 8 good pork sausages (or vegetarian sausages)
[ ] 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
[ ] 1 onion, chopped
[ ] 2 carrots, diced
[ ] 3 garlic cloves, sliced
[ ] 1 tsp smoked paprika
[ ] 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes
[ ] 2 tins of cannellini beans (400 g each), drained and rinsed
[ ] 300 ml stock, unsalted
[ ] 2 bay leaves
[ ] 3 tbsp chopped parsley

For the experiments
[ ] A heavy casserole dish
[ ] Foil
[ ] Crusty bread