Why it works for iron
Made from a tin of small white beans and a spoon of tomato paste, beans on toast carries more iron than most breakfasts. The tomato is the key that lets plant iron in, and sourdough keeps phytates down.
- Iron from
- White beans
- Let in by
- Tomato paste, tomato, parsley
- In the way
- Nothing: no dairy, tea or coffee
Plant iron needs a key to get in. On this plate it has one.
Ingredients
- 150 g cooked or tinned small white beans
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tomato
- 2 slices sourdough bread
- Parsley, paprika, 1 tsp olive oil
Method
- 1
Warm the oil with the tomato paste and paprika for a minute.
- 2
Grate in the tomato, add the beans and a splash of water and simmer 5 minutes.
- 3
Spoon over toasted sourdough and top with parsley.
Drink water with it. Have coffee or tea 1 hour before or 2 hours after, as they hold plant iron back.
