Vegan Sausage Casserole with Beans

Name: Vegan Sausage Casserole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 large onion (280g) (sliced); 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil; 2 Romano peppers (long sweet peppers) (sliced widthways, pith and seeds removed); 1/4 tsp dried red chilli flakes; 1/2 tsp smoked paprika; 1 level tbsp chopped fresh rosemary; 2 fat cloves of garlic (minced); 50 ml vegan red wine (optional); 2 400g tins of chopped tomatoes; 80 ml water; 1 400g tin of butter beans (drained and rinsed in cold water); A small bunch of fresh thyme; 1 large dried bay leaf; 6 vegan sausages (I used Cauldron's vegan sausages); 1/2 tsp sea salt; 1/4 tsp cracked black pepper (+ more for serving); A tbsp flat leaf parsley

Posted: December 11, 2018, Updated: November 13, 2019, By: Michelle Alston / Dinner, Recipes, Vegan

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This post is kindly sponsored by Cauldron Foods.

It’s officially Winter, and what’s better on these cold evenings than a piping hot bowl of a warming sausage casserole? When we decided to give up meat winter comfort food wasn’t high up on our priority list. Not until it started getting colder did we start thinking about cosy comfort food. Stews and casseroles have always been on the menu for us as soon as Autumn hit. So I had to think of new options when we decided to become vegetarian. And that’s how this vegan sausage casserole came about.

This vegan sausage casserole is spicy, rich and very comforting, it’s really easy to make and is a real winter warmer. A rich, slightly spicy tomato sauce with herbs, garlic and a little bit of wine is the base for this casserole. Add in some sweet peppers, creamy butter beans and some good vegan “sausages” and you have a great weeknight dinner. We like to have this with a generous serving of creamy mashed potatoes, however, creamy polenta or couscous works well too.

What’s so good about this Vegan Sausage Casserole?

It’s vegan!
Low in fat – thanks to the veggie sausages!
It has heart-healthy beans, good for veggies
Warming and comforting
Under 500 calories ( not including sides )
It’s filling and satisfying

So you may know that this is our first Christmas as a vegetarian family, we have it all planned out and we are really excited about starting some new Christmas traditions, foodwise! However, being a new veggie family at Christmas means parties and family get-togethers can be a little bit trickier. I remember the first family dinner we were invited to shortly after we switched to a veggie diet. I told our host not to make a fuss, we’ll have whatever, or I can bring our own food. The last thing I wanted to do was put pressure on our loved ones.

But to our surprise, everyone has been so supportive, most see it as a challenge to cook something different. Luckily for us, we come from a family of home cooks and real foodies. But what if you’re not as lucky as us or what if you are cooking for your vegetarian or vegan loved ones this Christmas and have no clue where to start? Well, the good folk at Cauldron have just the thing for you. They have come up with The Ultimate Vegan and Vegetarian Christmas Guide.

Even if this isn’t your first Christmas as a vegan or vegetarian I think you will find this guide really useful. I mean Christmas is stressful enough as it is without worrying about food and what to cook. This guide has everything you can think of for both a veggie and vegan Christmas. And as if that wasn’t enough, those lovely Cauldron folk are also running a competition, giving you the chance of winning a £500 supermarket voucher of your choice or a brilliant Belazu ingredient hamper. You better be quick though the closing date is the 17th of December!