Red Kidney Beans with Olive Oil

Ingredients:

2 cans of red kidney beans (2X400 gr) or 1000gr fresh cut green beans

4 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 chopped onion
3 garlic cloves
1/2 lemon; juiced
2 Chopped tomatoes
1/2 sliced carrots

1/2 sliced potatoes

1/2 sliced green bell pepper (optional)

1 tablespoon sugar
Salt, pepper

1/4 tea spoon cumin


Put the olive oil in the pan. When warm, add the onions and sautee them.

Add carrots and 1/2 cup water. When it comes to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add potatoes, green pepper (optional) simmer for 10 minutes.

(If the beans are not canned/precooked, boil them separately until they are almost fully cooked separately. When they are tender, use these precooked beans. Or buy canned, precooked ones - less nutritious but practical.)

When the vegetables are cooked add the precooked (canned) beans, sugar, tomatoes, garlic, lemon juice, salt, pepper, cumin and cook for 5 more minutes.

Transfer the mixture to a serving plate, cool it.
After it is cooled down, cover it, and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve chilled or at room temperature with a drizzle of olive oil and lemon juice on it. (Side dish)

Garnish with some chopped parsley.

Suggestion: Serve it with rice and salad to make it a whole meal.