Sausage-Flavored Breakfast Beans and Grits

INGREDIENTS

1 cup

Vegetable broth i used imagine's no-chicken

1/2 tsp

Basil, dried

4 cloves

Garlic

Onion, large

1 tsp

Oregano, dried

1/2

Red bell pepper, large

1 tsp

Sage

4 cups

Spinach, fresh

Water or vegetable broth

1 pinch

Baking soda see notes

1/2 tsp

Fennel seed see note

1 tsp

Paprika, smoked

1/4 tsp

Red pepper flakes depending on how spicy want it to be

1/2 tsp

Salt

Salt, smoked

3 cups

Cooked cannellini beans or other white beans or 2 cans, rinsed and drained, drained