Fasting food: Green Beens with potatoes in tomato sauce ( Fasolakia mepatates yianni)

Ingredients:

1 kilo of baby string beans (frozen may be used)

5 - 6 ripe tomatoes skinned and diced, or diced tinned tomatoes

2 onions

3 cloves of garlic 

½ bunch parsley

1 cup olive oil

½ teaspoon salt freshly coarse black pepper 

Method:

1. Slice onions garlic finely, sauté in hot oil till translucent add some of the chopped fresh parsley the tomato paste and stir to get the flavour through add the crushed tomatoes and stir well adding enough water to make sauce add the vegetable stock salt and pepper and allow to cook stirring. In another pot add some olive oil and sauté potatoes until they are all covered with the oil and add the Fresh green Beens mixing well. 

2.in a slow cooker  add the beans, potatoes in with the tomatoes, sauce and the other half the parsley and cook on high for 2-3 hours about or till beans are tender.

3. Serve sprinkled with remaining parsley. Alternatively you can serve it sprinkled with crumbled fetta or just plain with fresh crusty bread. Often the bread is used to mop up the sauce.