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.

Ingredients:

600 g (1.3 lb) sausages – cut into 1-inch pieces. I used pork See Note 1

3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil See Note 2

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