For easy Baked Beans, you can look for "Grandmas Baked Beans". Walmart
carries them. Unlike other canned baked beans, they have very low carbs and
low sugar. They are densly packed with beans with very little liquid. I
add a little water to cook them on the stove top or in the microwave. I add
some onion powder, cayenne pepper and after the cooking is finished, I add
some sugar free maple flavored syrup (also from Walmart). They can be
pretty good if you add enough spices. Usually, I add some cooked nathans
hot dogs as well. I find about 1/3 can is my portion for lunch.
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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> Here's a copy of the recipe I got some time ago from Vicki Beausoleil:
>
> If your beans are too watery then remove some, mash them, mix back in
> and cook a bit more. Natural thickener.
>
> Here's what I do. I never use a recipe, but this is the method.
>
> Soak 1 lb. pea beans overnight. Change water, bring to a boil then
> simmer about an hour until the skins split. Drain, put in Dutch oven
> with a ton of onions, a couple of tablespoons prepared mustard, about
> 1/4 cup ketchup or you could use tomato paste, lots of pepper, 1/4 - 1/2
> cup molasses or as much as you think you should. Cover beans with
> boiling water and cook in a 200 degree F oven for at least 8 hours. Add
> boiling water if necessary. Uncover and continue to bake to darken and
> thicken. Stir occasionally. This recipe gets better the longer it cooks,
> I've cooked it for 24 hours and it's great. I put neither meat nor
> sweetener in my beans.
>
> Very important: Don't salt anything until beans are very tender. Salt
> will toughen the beans and they won't absorb water well.
>
> This recipe makes my 8-qt. Dutch oven almost full. 15 - 20 servings at
> least. They never seem to taste the same twice, but hub always gobbles
> them up with a 'you should make these more often'. Excellent with eggs
> for breakfast in the morning.
> I've used the same method in the crockpot, but they don't darken as
> much. The oven works better.
>
> HTH
>
> Vicki
>