Best Hearty Stew

Ingredients

• serves 4
• 1 can of baked beans (drained of most of the sauce, but reserve some of it)
• sausages
• can of chickpeas, cannellini or harricot beans cooked(optional)
• smoked bacon cut into lardons
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
• 2 pints of chicken stock
• 225g cabbage (preferably green) thinly sliced
• Fresh or dried thyme
• salt and pepper