Baked Beans

Ingredients:

3 cans (15 ½ oz. each) great northern beans (pinto beans as substitute), drained and rinsed
5 hot dogs, sliced
1 ½ cups ketchup
½ cup packed brown sugar
2 tbsp. molasses
1 medium onion, chopped
½ tsp. ground mustard
¼ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
4 slices of bacon chopped and partially cooked

Directions:

In an ungreased 2 qt. baking dish, combine all ingredients.  Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 – 1 ½ hours or until heated through.

Chili Beans

Ingredients:

1 Onion divided and chopped 
1 - 15.25 oz. can of Kidney Beans, drained 
1 - 15.25 oz. can of Pinto Beans, drained 
1 - 15.25 oz can of Black Beans, drained 
2 lbs. ground beef 
3 - 15 oz. cans tomato sauce 
1-14 1/2 oz can stewed or diced tomatoes 
6 tsp cumin, divided 
8 tsp chili powder, divided 
2 cloves garlic, divided 
1/3 cup Honey 

Directions:

Everything can be done in one large pot.

Sauté half the chopped onion and 1 clove of Garlic in the large pot. Add ground beef, 2 tsps. cumin, 2 tsps. chili powder to sauteed onions and cook until meat is browned.  Drain oils out of meat mixture. Add tomato sauce, stewed or diced tomatoes, all 3 cans of beans drained, 4 tsps. of cumin and 6 tsps. of chili powder, 1 clove garlic and honey. cook all the way through. At the last minute add second half of chopped onion. Finish cooking until hot and tender, then taste; add more cumin and chili powder if desired.