Happy Meatless Monday!  As you may or may not know, Planet Forward supports the Meatless Monday campaign – a non-profit initiative in association with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  It’s part of an eco-friendly worldwide movement to reduce consumption of animal products in favour of more plant-based meals to fight global warming and improve our personal health.  This week we bring another vegetarian recipe for you to try with a bit of a French flare.

Beans are an excellent source of protein and complex carbohydrates.  Beans Bourguignon is best served with brown or wild rice and a side salad or with a hot vegetable side dish.

Ingredients:

• 3 oz shallots
• 4 oz button mushrooms
• ½ oz vegan margarine
• 1 cups red wine
• 2   cloves garlic
• 1 tablespoon tomato purée
• 2 cans mixed beans (or beans of your choice)
• 3 tablespoon vegetarian gravy granules

Preparation:

Sweat shallots and mushrooms in margarine.  Add wine and herbs. Boil for about 25 minutes to reduce.  Add tomato purée and beans.  Bring to boil, add gravy granules and simmer until thickened.  Voila! Your Beans Bourguignon is ready.

Serve with brown or wild rice and a side vegetable and you’re done.

Don’t forget - to join the movement, sign up online by going to your local Meatless Monday site or you can go to meatlessmonday.com to learn more.   If this Monday passed you by, next week is another chance to go meatless – it’s only one day for an eco-friendly cause.  Join us.  Bon (vegetarian) Appetit!

Thanks to recipe4all.com for their easy and healthy recipe.

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