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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Introduction to Baked beans

One of the foods I really looked forward to when I was a young child was my great-grandmother's baked beans. I remember the mouthwatering aroma. She usually made them when the weather was cold and snowy.

After I got married I decided I was going to bake those beans. So I proceeded to acquire baked bean recipes. I do not like the beans that come in a can. The flavor just is not there. I think I tried at least a dozen recipes for a period of two or three years. Every time I made a pot I would ask my grandfather to taste them. He would taste them, tell me they were good, but not as good as his mother made.

Baked beans benefits

As far as healthy foods go, it doesn't get much better than tin of baked beans. The reason why they are always used in bunkers or places which require long term survival is that you can live for years eating nothing but baked beans, they have nearly all the essential nutrients your body needs in droves. Beans are members of the legume family, like peas, and they are an excellent source of protein, iron, and starch.

Baked beans ducth style

These baked beans are very tasty, easy and quick to make, and make great leftovers (but you probably won't have any left over, since they taste so good!).

Ingredients:
1 lb Bacon
4 cans of pork and beans
1 tablespoon mustard
1/4 cup catsup
1 onion, chopped
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce

Cut bacon into 1-2 inch pieces. Heat the Dutch oven and then cook the bacon in the Dutch oven. When done, drain the oil. Add the pork and beans, mustard, catsup, chopped onion, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Cover and cook in the coals until heated through and bubbling, approximately 30 minutes.

Baked beans recipe

CROCKPOT BAKED BEANS
1 lb ground beef
3/4 lb bacon fried and diced
1 onion lg chopped and browned
1 lge can pork and beans
1 16 oz kidney beans canned
1 16 oz buttered lima beans canned
1 cup catsup
3 Tbsp white vinegar
1/4 cup liquid smoke
1 tsp salt
dash pepper
Put all ingredients. in crock pot cook 4-6 hrs on low.