Baked Bean Toast - Is Baked Beans Healthy?

Looking for a hearty breakfast or lunch option that can help support your fertility health and manage PCOS symptoms? This Baked Bean Toast recipe is a delicious and nutritious choice. The fibre-rich whole grain bread and protein-packed baked beans can help regulate blood sugar levels. Tomatoes are also a great source of antioxidants, which can help reduce inflammation and oxidative stress in the body. If you choose to use canned baked beans, just make sure you choose the no added sugar and low-sodium canned baked beans.

Finally, you can extra nutrition to this recipe! The addition of avocado would provide you with healthy fats and vitamins that can promote reproductive health. Adding some hard-boiled eggs would offer important nutrients like choline and omega-3 fatty acids, which can support hormone balance and egg health.

Give this tasty and nourishing recipe a try and enjoy its numerous fertility health benefits.

Prep Time: 20 - 30 min

Servings: 1

Ingredients:

• ½ tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling

• ½ small onion, sliced

• ½ small red pepper, thinly sliced into strips

• 1 garlic clove, halved

• 227g can chopped tomatoes

• ½ tsp smoked paprika

• 2 tsp red wine vinegar

• 210g can butter beans or chickpeas, drained

• ¼ tsp sugar

• 1 slice of seeded bread

• a few parsley sprigs, finely chopped

Step 1

Heat the oil in a small pan, add the onion and pepper, and fry gently until soft, about 10-15 mins. Crush half the garlic and add this to the pan, along with the tomatoes, paprika, vinegar, beans, sugar and some seasoning. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10-15 mins or until slightly reduced and thickened.

Step 2

Toast the bread, rub it with the remaining garlic, and drizzle with a little oil. Spoon the beans over the toast, drizzle with a little more oil, and scatter over the parsley.