Easy Sausage Casserole

This Easy Sausage Casserole is certain to become a favourite. With vegetables and beans included in this family-friendly, one-pot meal, you require little more than some crusty bread to serve with it. This is a go-to hearty meal, which is comforting and full of Mediterranean flavours.

• 600 g (1.3 lb) sausages – cut into 1-inch pieces.
• 3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large brown/yellow onion – cut in half and finely sliced into half moons
• 3 cloves garlic – finely chopped
• 400 g (14 oz) tomato passata
• 250 ml (1 cup) water
• ½ teaspoon dried red chilli pepper flakes – or to taste
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary – finely chopped
• 1 large zucchini/courgette – cut into 1 cm slices (⅓″) wide
• 1 large red capsicum/bell pepper – cut into 1 cm (⅓”) squares
• 400 g (14 oz) tinned cannellini beans – rinsed and drained
• 2 cups baby spinach – firmly packed
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper – to taste