Vegetarian Mushroom & Mixed Bean Chili

Chopped mushrooms and mixed beans in a chili style tomato sauce.
The tin of mixed beans I bought for this came in a chili sauce. If your beans just come in water, drain before adding to the dish and instead of a half can of chopped tomatoes, you'll need a whole one. You'll also need to add cumin, garlic and a chopped onion in Step Two.
You can make this un-vegetarian by adding chopped sausage and squares of bacon instead of the mushrooms.
This recipe will serve 3-4, and it’s very filling.

Ingredients:
- 1 can of mixed beans in a chili sauce
- 1 half can of chopped tomatoes
- 2 red peppers 
- 8-10 button mushrooms 
- 1 cup of sweetcorn 
- a couple handfuls of baby spinach 
- potatoes for mash.

Step One
Chop the potatoes and put into a pan of boiling water and cook whilst you prepare everything else or until soft and ready for mashing.
Step Two
Chop the peppers into slices and the mushrooms into quarters or even halves.
(I find, as this is meant to be vegetarian, that cutting the mushrooms into large bits instead of thin slices makes up for chunks of meat or mince.) 
Gently fry the mushrooms and peppers until soft, and season with a little black pepper.
Step Three
Add the mixed beans and chopped tomatoes to the pan with your vegetables and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
Add the sweetcorn and spinach, sprinkle some mixed herbs and pepper in, and leave to cook for further 5-10 minutes.
Step Four 
Whilst this is all bubbling away, you can drain the potatoes and make up your mash. By the time this is prepared, the chili should also be ready. Pile onto plates and enjoy.