Hearty Italian Bean Casserole

This Hearty Italian Bean Casserole is a comforting and nutritious dish packed with protein and flavor. Slow-baked to perfection, it's a wholesome meal that satisfies even the heartiest of appetites.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup dried cannellini beans, soaked overnight
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 2 celery stalks, diced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 can 14 oz diced tomatoes
• 2 cups vegetable broth
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions:

Before you start cooking, heat the oven to 375F 190C

Put olive oil in a big pot and heat it over medium-low heat

Put in the garlic and onion, and cook until the onion is clear

Put in the bell pepper, carrots, and celery

Bring it to a boil again

Mix in the soaked cannellini beans, tomato chunks, vegetable broth, basil, and oregano

Add pepper and salt

Mix well

Put the mixture in a casserole dish

Put a lid or foil on top

For 1

5 to 2 hours, or until the beans are soft, bake

If you want, you can serve it hot and top it with fresh basil