Ingredients:

• 1 Medium Onion Chopped
• 1 clove garlic (optional) crushed
• ½ red Pepper finely chopped
• ½ green pepper finely chopped
• Finely chopped shitake mushrooms – soaked and stalk removed
• Tin of organic chopped tomatoes
• 1 tspn spoon dried basil or 2 tbsp freshly chopped
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• Sprinkle of cayenne pepper (optional) not too much as it is hot.
• ½ tbsp of marigold low salt veggie boullion
• ½ cup of red or white wine optional.
• Some black pepper.

Method:

1. melt some olive oil or rapeseed oil in a pan add veg and garlic and soften.

2. Add the tinned tomatoes, basil, stock and spices, and black pepper.

3. Cook for about 20/25 mins and then blend with hand blender.

4. If you feel it needs salt at this stage you can add a pinch of sea salt or another teaspoon of boullion.

5. You can use this with any meat or veggie dish or make some bean chilli with it just add a little more cayenne pepper.