Gluten-Free Vegan Baked Beans

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup chopped bell peppers, any color

6 minced garlic cloves

1 T olive oil

1 cup tomato sauce, no salt added

1/3 cup coconut palm sugar

1 T white wine vinegar

1 T agave syrup, maple flavor

1 T Dijon mustard

1 T smoked paprika

¾ t kosher salt

½ t ground pepper

¼ t cayenne

2 cans of 15-oz beans of choice (garbanzos, black, kidney, great northern), rinsed

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Spray a 8x8 casserole dish with cooking spray.

In a large skillet, add onion, bell peppers, garlic, and olive oil and sauté on medium heat until tender, about 5 minutes.

Turn temperature down to low.

Add tomato sauce thru cayenne in ingredients above, and mix well into the onion mixture.

When well mixed, add in rinsed beans.

Pour into presprayed 8x8 casserole dish and cover with aluminum foil.

Bake at 325 covered for 30 minutes.

Uncover, bake for 30 more minutes.

 Enjoy!