A woman making a vegan stew in a slow cooker poisoned herself after making a common mistake.

Anne Sullivan was left feeling ill after eating the dish - despite preparing a meat-free dinner, Yahoo reports.

She diligently followed all the recipe to make the white bean stew - including pre-soaking the beans, then letting them simmer all day in the slow cooker.

Seven hours later, the beans were still the same size - but she still took a bowlful to work with her anyway and ate it, even though the beans were tough and chewy.

However she began to feel faint and dizzy.

She added: "I must have looked awful, too, because my boss told me to go home and get some sleep. I felt like throwing up."

After feeling better the following day, she began to feel a bit better and tried the stew again.

But the symptoms struck again, the Mirror said.

Even though Anne had pre-soaked the beans and let them stew for hours, they were still undercooked.



By putting them in the slow cooker straight away she actually increased the toxin levels.
