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

We love green beans and we're always looking for new and wonderful things to do with them. This is one of our favorites.

We love a good grill-out, but not too fond of overly sweet - BBQ sauce laden mushy beans with no flavor. This recipe fit the bill. Use the beans you love - the mix of varieties is nice to look at too.

A fusion of rice and beans and Cuban stew!

Not sure if this is a Pennsylvania Dutch thing or not, but we make this all the time as a way to use up the fresh green beans.

This is sort of a mish mash of red beans and rice and dirty rice. Or like a cheap and quick jambalaya for weeknights.

I've had green beans like this at Chinese food restaurants. The other day when I made Mongolian beef it made me think of these.

It's hard not to make refried beans when we have authentic spanish rice.

I was wanting beans and looked in the pantry and had 1 cn vegetarian beans 1 can northern beans and 2 cans pinto. So they all went in the pot to make my pantry beans

Like many people, I have a weak spot for good fried chicken. And from among the major outlets, my favourite is Popeye's. Honestly, though, it's not their delicious chicken alone that puts them over the top; it's their red beans and rice. Something about that little side dish of smushed beans and savoury sauce soaking into fluffy rice just speaks to me. So I decided to make my own. I didn't try to make an exact copy, and mine's also a little less watery than theirs (my only nitpick). But I think it came out just as delicious and comforting at the end.

We wanted red beans & rice, wanted it fast and wanted as authentic a taste as possible with what I had to work with. I checked the cabinets and fridge and had everything on hand I thought I would need. The hubby was very pleased, especially with how quickly the meal was prepared!

I had some chorizo and a can of cannellini beans sitting around and I didn't have a lot of time to fuss over a meal so I came up with this.