A simple one-pot recipe for cowboy beans. Oven-cooked in one dish, this is a real fuss-free family dinner.

Savoury Bake

I needed a name for this savoury bake recipe. It's basically beans and sausages so it had to be cowboy beans. 

I have no particular knowledge about cowboys and what they eat apart from the black and white cowboy films with John Wayne I watched with my dad as a child.

Did they eat cowboy beans? Maybe! 

They certainly seemed to cook bean dishes in a pot over their fire.

So I'm calling these cowboy beans and on doing some research I realised I was pretty spot on, although my bean pot was going to include potatoes and as it is wet and windy outside I definitely wasn't going to be cooking them outside over an open fire.

Nope, the oven was fine for me.

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Tastes so good!

I wish I had some better photos of this dish to share with you. 

Photos which would show you just how how tasty it was, but it's hard to make a mixed bean bake like this look bonnie.

It may not look beautiful. but it tastes amazing and I'll be making it again soon.

We loved it. 

Well I say we loved it but the boy, the fusspot, gave the critique that it was ok, but he would be happy with sausages and baked beans.

That boy! Sheesh!

Believe me, this is much nicer with a much richer flavour and adding the potatoes, oh yes! Now that is good! 

A whole meal on a plate, all baked in one dish. BOOM!

Here's what a couple of my reader's said.

How to make vegan cowboy beans

To make this super-easy family meal. I roasted frozen veggie sausages (we like Linda McCartney sausages which are vegan) and halved baby potatoes in a ovenproof dish, then I added tinned (canned) chopped tomatoes, tinned beans and spices.

This is my quick make, but you can always soak beans overnight if that's what you do. 

That is something I never do. 

I'm just too busy and to be honest not organised enough. 

I like tinned beans as they are convenient and good quality. 

I have a stock of lots of easy ingredients to help me make midweek dinner time a breeze.

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What's in my store cupboard?

You know I love quick meals so these are the things I keep well stocked with for easy dinners.

Store Cupboard

1. Tinned tomatoes
2. Tinned beans and lentils (baked beans, black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, cannellini beans and green lentils)
3. Dried red lentils
4. Sachets of ready to serve puy lentils (I add these to salads)
5. Sachets of olives
6. Pickled baby beets
7. Couscous
8. Bulghur wheat
9. Pasta
10. Rice
11. Coconut milk 
12. Tomato puree
13. Olive oil
14. Rapeseed oil
15. Balsamic vinegar
16. White wine vinegar
17. Soy sauce
18. Tahini
19. Peanut butter 
20. Harrisa paste
21. Maple syrup
22. Agave syrup
23. Pesto
24. Spices
25. Dried herbs
26. Stock cubes
27. Gravy pots
28. Salt
29. Black pepper
30. Cocoa powder

I've probably missed a few things out but those are the basics that help me pull together simple family meals.

I also have baking ingredients and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. 

In my freezer I always have vegan sausages, vegan sausage rolls (the boys love these with baked beans) veggie mince, frozen spinach and peas, frozen herbs and some frozen berries when they are out of season.

One-Pot Dinners

I love one-pot dinners like my cowboy beans, well I say one-pot dinners, but they are actually one-tray or dish dinners, but that doesn't roll off the tongue the same way.

These are four of my favourite family bakes. Running from top left clockwise.

Roast Vegetable, Veggie Sausage and Chickpea Bake

This is simple two step bake filled with vegetables, veggie sausages and chickpeas. It is healthy, filling and a real crowd pleaser.

Cheesy Cauliflower and Potato Bake with Spinach

A comforting cauliflower cheese bake with a difference. 

Cauliflower and waxy baby potatoes in a cheese and spinach sauce topped with mozzarella and baked until golden. 

Veggie and vegan recipe.

Sticky Red Onion & Sausage Bake with Gravy

An easy vegan sausage and red onion bake in a rich gravy. 

A simple bake that's easy to make on a weeknight. 

Serve with mashed potato and peas for the ultimate comfort dish.

Rich Tomato & Roast Vegetable Pasta Bake

A rich pasta bake that is so easy to make. 

The whole dish is made in a roasting pan. 

First you roast the vegetables, then you add the sauce ingredients and dried pasta. 

Pop it in the oven, walk away and 40 mins later voila. 

The most delicious pasta bake that everyone will love. Suitable for vegans.

Vegan Cowboy Beans & Potato Bake

I hope you try these cowboys beans soon and let me know if you enjoyed them as much as we did. 

Definitely add the potatoes as those made it a complete meal and tasted so good.

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American, vegan

Yield: 3-4Author: Jacqueline Meldrum

Vegan Cowboy Beans & Potato Bake

An easy one-pot bake of cowboy style sausages and beans with added potatoes. This simple recipe is a real family favourite and is suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

prep time: 5 minscook time: 55 minstotal time: 60 mins

ingredients

• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 onion, halved and cut into wedges
• 6-8 vegan sausages
• 8 baby potatoes, halved
• 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
• 3 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 heaped tbsp brown sugar
• 2 heaped tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp salt
• A good grinding of black pepper
• 1 x  400g can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 x  400g can kidney beans, drained and rinsed

instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 220c/200c fan/425f/Gas 7.
2. Place the potatoes, onion wedges and sausages in a large ovenproof dish and drizzle with the oil. Use your (clean hands) to toss the ingredients in the oil, then spread out in an even layer across the dish and bake for 20-25 mins until the ingredients are cooked and starting to brown at the edges.
3. In a large bowl, combine the chopped tomatoes with the tomato puree, sugar and spices then mix well.
4. Add the drained beans and mix in.
5. Remove the dish from the oven and carefully, cut the sausages in half,  being careful not to burn yourself, then mix in the tomato bean mixture and pop back in the oven for 30 minutes.
6. Serve and enjoy!

calories
458

fat (grams)
12

sat. fat (grams)
4

carbs (grams)
55

protein (grams)
36

sugar (grams)
14

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