Smokey Slow Cooked Beef w Smashed, Herbed Butter Beans

Say hello to an iron boosting special with more of these red meat recipes to come!

Iron plays a critical role in the body as the foundational material to many hormones and other systems. How does this work? One example: Chronically low iron= lack of thyroid hormone= high cholesterol, weight gain, mood imbalances temperature disregulation etc.

Low iron can feel like sluggishness, anxiety, dizziness, inability to concentrate and is certainly an issue worth fixing so you can feel at your best.

So what can you do?
Enjoy a balanced diet that celebrates an ethically sourced bounty of diverse nutrients! Starting with this delish trip to the med.

Ingredients:

• 250g grass fed, organic beef (buy the best quality you can afford :), this one steak fed two)
• 1 carrot
• 1 tin white beans (w a light drizzle of olive oil and pinch of oregano to sauté or garnish with)
• 1 head of brocolli
• 1 onion
• The saucy base:
• 1 tin of tomatos
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 knobs garlic
• 1 tbsp smoked paprika
• 1 tbsp vegetable stock
• 1 tbsp oregano
• 1 tsp cumin
• salt and pepper to taste.
• Garnish with:
• Parsley if you have it knocking about which will also help stimulate your digestive system to getting the most nutrients out of this meaty dish.

Method:

1. Slice your steak into thick, chunks and lightly sear of in a pan with salt and pepper to taste. Whilst this is frying off, chop your onion and add to the pan, fry off a little longer and then chop carrots and add all to your slow cooker.
2. In blender (if you have one, otherwise all sauce ingredients can simply be popped into the slow cooker) blitz all the ingredients from the sauce base list and, once smooth, pour into the slow cooker.

4. Once the ingredients are happily mingling and stirred together, set the slow cooker to low for 8 hours or high for 6 hours.

5. When all is close to ready, boil a litre of fresh water and cut your broccoli into florets. Blanch the broccoli to desired cooked-ness (3 minutes is a safe bet). The simply drain the can of white beans, mash without too much care to form or detail and add to a pan with your herbs, bit of salt and drizzle of olive oil. Allow to warm up (or crispen if you wish) before arranging on a plate along side the greens and helpings of smokey stew.