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Ingredients :-

Onion 175g
Garlic Lg Clove
Parsnip 125g
Swede 200g
Carrot 200g
Sweet Potato 100g
Green Beans 100g
Leek 150g
Courgette 125g
Olive Oil 1 Tbsp
Lg Tin Chopped Tomatoes with Basil
Lg Tin Butter Beans or Cannelini Beans
1 Knorr Vegetable Stock Pot dissolved in 500ml boiling water

Method :-

Peel & chop parsnip, swede, sweet potato & carrot into bite size chunks.

In a large pan (I use a wok), soften onion & garlic in the olive oil.

Add the chopped parsnip, swede etc and continue to fry gently for about 10 minutes, stirring & mixing frequently.

Add the tinned tomatoes and heat until simmering - Then add the vegetable stock, bring to boil and then simmer for about 5 minutes.

Chop leek, beans and courgette and add to the pan. Mix in and simmer for another 5 minutes.

Transfer contents of the pan to pre-heated slow cooker, then stir in the butter beans. Cook on high for one hour and then on low for about 5 hours (Vegetables will be quite soft after this time, reduce the time if you want more bite!)

Eat on it's own or with crusty bread, or wholewheat chapati for mopping perhaps.

This makes 4 servings, so extra can be frozen for another time.

thanks Tony, sounds yummy i will be trying this recipe

Will try this too--had to Google some of your ingredients (have always answered to others who've called me a Swede, not heretofore recognizing this word to be a possible component of stew! Makes sense to call kålrot (turnip/rutabaga) this I suppose as it is fairly commonly eaten as a winter staple there. LOL) Thanks for the recipe.

Hi tompan

LOL ! Some people also call me a Swede because of my rural country location in the UK!

Hope you enjoy the recipe - It's a good plate full and filling for a fast day meal.

Tony

Yum! This sounds wonderful.

does it really need to be cooked for so long? could understand it if the butter beans were soaked, not out of a tin - as the tinned ones are cooked - and i do love my slow cooker, so delighted to have a recipe to use it for fast days - so please don't think i'm being a moaner, just thinking that i might only cook it for an hour on high, veg would all be done, parsnips could be mashed into stock to thicken it ....? maybe you've tried this before and it does something unspeakable? thank you for the recipe, much appreciated.

I adapted this recipe as I don't have a slow cooker and cook using a gas hob. I kept it simmering for 25 - 30 minutes after all the ingredients had been added and it was delicious. I also couldn't get all the ingredients eg sweet potato, parsnip or leeks, but shall use this recipe as a basis for other healthy vegetable stews. Thank you

Hi Lucy - I have to admit that cooking it for that time makes it pretty soft, so best to reduce the time considerably if you like more bit to your veg. I like the idea of mashing the parsnips to thicken - Thanks!

Hi Navwoman - Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes, thanks very much - daughter and I both had it on our fast day together - and then had two portions to freeze, which is great.
Really filling and tasty. I had to substitute more carrot for the parsnip and also the swede, as the one I had was all manky. probably reduces the calories actually! I also popped in some chili flakes as we seem to find very flavoursome food is more satisfying.
If you're out all day it would be lovely to come home to but I wasn't and so cooked it on the hob, as someone else has described. I think the smell of food cooking all day might get a bit too tempting!
This will certainly become a staple in our house so thanks again.

Still quite chilly here so this sounds comforting - love my veggies and I will try this. Sorry to continue the swede thing but do you mean the round,whitish ones or the large yellow (what we call turnip in Scotland) one?

Well, actually it was more orange than anything. Definitely not a turnip.
Is that what you would call a neep in Scotland? Which you bash?!?
I'm sure either would be nice in this stew anyway. Enjoy!

Yes, a neep is short for turnip

Tony090370, I made this last week for my fast days and it was delicious. Thanks you

Tony, your weight loss is inspiring. Thanks for sharing.