What are your favorites?
When I lived on Cape Cod I used to get some beans called Buckeye Beans.
They were dried and looked like black eyed peas but a slightly different
color and I think they were bigger. I followed the recipe on the bag and it
called for an onion to be put in and discarded. I love onion though. So
after baking the heck out of them as it said to do, I would chop the onion
and mix it in. I can't remember what all went into them except for a ton of
molasses. Not something I could eat much of now.
I am making baked beans for Easter. I got the idea from a fellow diabetic.
She didn't have an actual recipe but just told me what she puts in hers.
Tons of caramelized onions for sweetness. Some ketchup or tomato sauce, a
little mustard, a little molasses, small amount of Splenda and a ton of
black pepper. I also add plenty of crumbled, crisply cooked bacon. I use
navy or pea beans, either canned or dried and cooked. Am using canned for
Easter.
I do these in the crockpot and you can cook them forever. I usually start
them around dinner time the day before and by lunch or dinner the next day
they are done. I always think they are going to get too dry and want to add
more liquid but this is really not necessary.
I think I like most baked beans except for limas. I do like limas but
prefer them plain or mixed with other veggies. I just do not like them in
sauce for some reason. And I don't like most BBQ beans but there have been
some that I do like. I just never know so tend to avoid them in
restaurants.
I have a cute little bean pot that came with four serving cups that I got
from my parent's next door neighbor. She was having a yard sale but I had
just moved to my first apartment so she offered me anything I wanted for
free. It is now considered vintage but apparently quite common because I
have seen the same set on Ebay countless times for not much money. The pot
is brown with a orange and white accent painting. The little cups have
similar painting. I used to use it quite a lot when I was living alone but
it is not really big enough for a family that includes me because I love
beans so much!
One of my favorite ways to eat baked beans is leftover ones, cold on
buttered white bread and topped with chopped or sliced raw white onions.
Alas nobody else in the family will eat this.
When I lived on Cape Cod I used to get some beans called Buckeye Beans.
They were dried and looked like black eyed peas but a slightly different
color and I think they were bigger. I followed the recipe on the bag and it
called for an onion to be put in and discarded. I love onion though. So
after baking the heck out of them as it said to do, I would chop the onion
and mix it in. I can't remember what all went into them except for a ton of
molasses. Not something I could eat much of now.
I am making baked beans for Easter. I got the idea from a fellow diabetic.
She didn't have an actual recipe but just told me what she puts in hers.
Tons of caramelized onions for sweetness. Some ketchup or tomato sauce, a
little mustard, a little molasses, small amount of Splenda and a ton of
black pepper. I also add plenty of crumbled, crisply cooked bacon. I use
navy or pea beans, either canned or dried and cooked. Am using canned for
Easter.
I do these in the crockpot and you can cook them forever. I usually start
them around dinner time the day before and by lunch or dinner the next day
they are done. I always think they are going to get too dry and want to add
more liquid but this is really not necessary.
I think I like most baked beans except for limas. I do like limas but
prefer them plain or mixed with other veggies. I just do not like them in
sauce for some reason. And I don't like most BBQ beans but there have been
some that I do like. I just never know so tend to avoid them in
restaurants.
I have a cute little bean pot that came with four serving cups that I got
from my parent's next door neighbor. She was having a yard sale but I had
just moved to my first apartment so she offered me anything I wanted for
free. It is now considered vintage but apparently quite common because I
have seen the same set on Ebay countless times for not much money. The pot
is brown with a orange and white accent painting. The little cups have
similar painting. I used to use it quite a lot when I was living alone but
it is not really big enough for a family that includes me because I love
beans so much!
One of my favorite ways to eat baked beans is leftover ones, cold on
buttered white bread and topped with chopped or sliced raw white onions.
Alas nobody else in the family will eat this.
