Down Home Baked Beans

Name: Down Home Baked Beans
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Pour-It-On Barbecue Sauce (page 209); 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard; 1/3 cut small white onion, grated; 3 tablespoons real bacon bits, such as Hormel Real Bacon Bits; 1 cup cannellini beans, drained; 1 cup fresh kale, cleaned and roughly chopped; Salt and freshly ground black pepper

December 9, 2011

The beans in this dish are native to North America, but baked beans in some form are served all over the world. We most probably borrowed the recipe for this version (beans in tomato sauce) from our friends in England a couple hundred years ago. Baked beans are usually prepared with high amounts of sugar and salt, but other than that are generally good for you. By using a sugar-free, low-fat barbecue sauce as a base, there was some room in the calorie budget for low-fat bacon. If you prefer a more Southern taste, try substituting 1/2 cup canned, drained collard greens for the kale.

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