Both sweet and savoury with a spicy kick, these homemade baked beans are so versatile and packed with flavour!

And being made with just a few store cupboard ingredients, these homemade baked beans are quick and versatile enough to be a speedy but healthy breakfast or lunch, or a delicious side to a hearty dinner.  They also go ridiculously well with these Vegan Sausage Rolls if you want a lazy in front of the television dinner.

These baked beans are also just as good cold as they are hot.  And they take that ultimate comfort food of beans on toast to a WHOLE new level.  Fast food doesn’t have to be over-processed, under-flavoured and over-priced.  It can be just a few simple ingredients and a few minutes before you’re sighing with satisfaction and a big tomatoey grin 🙂

This is healthy comfort food that couldn’t be easier!

Simply sizzle the onion and garlic until just softened before adding the rest of the ingredients and gently bubbling for 5 minutes.  That’s it.  Nothing more complicated than that.

You could cook your own cannelini beans (or even haricot beans) rather than use tinned ones as I have if you want to make everything yourself.  I just wanted to make these as quick and easy as possible.

I’ve also used red onions for this vegan baked beans recipe because I use them for pretty much everything.  They’re milder and slightly sweeter as well as being so, SO colourful.  It’s all about eating the rainbow.  Though that does make me sound like I slaughter and devour unicorns.

I don’t.  For the record.

I DO urge you, however, to try these atop a couple of toasted slices of this Oaty Wholemeal Bread – your mouth, spirit and inner child will thank you.

I imagine they’ll make a great baked potato topping too.  Not to self: make more baked beans and buy some potatoes.

Or how about with these Vegan Scrambled Eggs?  Breakfast perfection friends.

Beans are not only high in protein but are also packed full of fibre, iron and folate. They are also low GI, meaning that they’ll keep you feeling full while your blood sugar levels remain stable.

Tomatoes are unusual in that their health benefits actually increase with cooking!  They’re also packed with important nutrients – Vitamin A, potassium, iron and antioxidants.

Yes, food that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy can actually be pretty darn good for you too.

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