English Sausage and Bean Casserole

It is a one-pot dish, making it easy to prepare and clean up after.

The combination of beans, sausages and bacon is rich in protein and mightage hunger for longer periods.

This dish can have a high salt content, particularly due to the bacon.

It may excessively trigger gastroesophageal reflux.

Beans are high in dietary fiber, which helps in digestion and keeps you full for longer periods, thus reducing the craving for unhealthy snacks.

	6 cumberland sausages
	2 onions , chopped
	16 ounces butter beans ( I used tinned )
	16 ounces baked beans ( tinned )
	1/2 of chopped garlic clove ( my mum said half but I like to use a whole clove )
	1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
	0.5 can cider
	12 slices bacon
	2 pints chicken stock
	16 ounces of tinned chopped tomatoes

1.	Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2.	Slowly brown the Cumberland sausages in a pan. Set the sausages aside and reserve the fat.
3.	In the same pan, fry the bacon in the reserved fat until crispy. Set the bacon aside.
4.	Using the same pan, sauté the onions and garlic until soft.
5.	Deglaze the pan with cider and add the Worcestershire sauce and chicken stock. Bring it to boil and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
6.	Add the canned tomatoes, butter beans and baked beans to the pan and put in the sausages and bacon.
7.	Transfer the pan to the preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes.