Leah's Calico Beans

This is a great recipe for any cookout. Always a crowd favorite!

It's been years since I've had calico beans and my husband had never tried them. I couldn't find a recipe that I liked for them, and most used ingredients I didn't have at home. We're about 50 miles from the nearest grocery store, so running out for ingredients was not an option. I used several other recipes for inspiration, but this recipe is my creation. Enjoy

This is so good it could be the main course!! I make it at every big family gathering & I never have any left. Everyone loves it!

Sounds weird, looks weird, super good. If you like beans or chili, you'll love this!

This is a fantastic, filling (and cheap) meal to feed a herd or to make and freeze in batches for later! #dormfood

This is a delicious, savory, quick meal that my mom used to make when I was little and it even won a local contest once. It's great with a salad and some hot buttered bread. Enjoy!

A fresh and delicious salad, perfect as a side dish and even a an appetizer. Hope you enjoy it!Made this one on the photo for a fare well at my work, it was a hit!

These beans are flavored with just the right amount of chili powder to make it everyone's favorite

Great for cold days! Cheap and filling!

This simple recipe with baked beans, brown sugar, bacon, peppers and onions is simple to put together, then bakes to develop all of the delicious flavors. So simple, yet delicious!

Sometimes we add about 1/2 pound of cubed ham, too.

The boy's grandmother gave us this recipe 10 years ago and we have been making them ever since. We usually serve these anytime I grill or barbecue.

We have always loved BBQ's. Well this is perfect for a big family get together or potluck. Makes a great amount. Husband will eat this as a meal.

This is an experiment I will delete if it's bad and post if it is good. Of course you will only see this if it good lol...

The only problem is this recipe probably was once Hawaiian Beans with bacon or spam and pineapple, but I had it first when the cook cut out the pineapple and I adapted it to my vegetarian taste and left out the meat. Either way, it is still delicious and loved by vegetarians and meat eaters a like. My boyfriend's favorite. And our little dog loves it too. 😆

I made this a lot when on the road with my late trucker hubby on a small grill.

My mom uses hot red peppers, but I use red bell peppers because my family doesn't like the heat :)

What's not to love about taco salad? Sure, it's an American dish, but one of the best (:

This bean recipe with ham is a true Southern comfort food. It's bursting with flavor galore of smoked paprika, cumin and cayenne pepper. Nothing like having that tender thick perfection on a slice of buttered bread or having a chunk of cornbread to go with it.

I make them all of the time where i live we love our beans. You can add sausages if you want but you will have to add more water.

Well, this is technically the 4th meal with the steak and 2nd for the pork butt. Over the Easter holiday we had a cook out. My husband used the last of the sirloin to make his baked beans. I wish he’d give me the recipe lol my daughter took some pork butt and the rest went into the pot with the leftover beans. Very hearty and very delicious. Something easy to throw together in a couple of minutes when you have a Fridge full of leftovers.

I love beans, but as a snack, there has to be more in it for me. This could even go great wrapped in a tortilla or stuffed into some bread ;-)

Black beans one of the most versatile bean next to chickpeas on the planet, well I think so anyhow..... just saying!!! Lol By the way you may ask why summer savory? Well it just so happens that it is an anti-gas herb so if you don't want the embarrassing problems of gas, just add summer savory it helps out a bunch.

A cool crisp salad for any backyard picnic!

I love this dish. Its perfect on a chilly day. :hungry

Easy recipe for a cold day:-)