Bean Nachos

Bean Nachos are a fantastic filling meal that?s very satisfying and this is a fantastic vegan way of making them! Sometimes you just want to eat something that looks unhealthy! You don?t want to give the impression that being vegan means eating lettuce leaves, or exotic tofu from a small asian shop in China Town.




This is a meal of corn chips, avocado salsa, spiced beans and soy cheese all washed down with a beer. Not for the overly health conscious, although its not really that fatty! First you tip hot water over your tomatoes in order to peal them, you could probably use tinned tomatoes but you?d be denying yourself some beautiful fresh flavour if you resorted to the contained cousin. Beautiful fresh tomatoes give this meal a fresh refreshing taste too!

Once the tomatoes are peeled and chopped (you can just scoop out the flesh if you want to, but that sounds like a lot of work for this quick messy meal); you move onto the beans by cooking some onion, chilli, oregano, crushed cumin then add your chopped tomatoes and a tiny bit of tomato paste, a good dry white wine and let it bubble away until the liquid reduces.



Then add some tinned red kidney beans (you could buy dried and soak them in the fridge overnight, but to be honest the canned organic ones are so cheap and this would defeat the purpose of a quick easy meal). Once the beans are heated through, the assembly begins! Throw some corn chips onto a bowl or serving plates, cover them with a layer of spicy beans, and grate over half a block of Cheezly Mozzarella over it. Put it under the grill until the cheese is melty!

But you can?t have nachos without guacamole and while there are many versions of guacamole, aquick simple one is crushed avocado, lime and some sweet chilli sauce. Great stuff with a great beer for a Saturday night when all you want to do is eat junk and watch good movies!