Calico Beans

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!

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

There's a lot of calico bean recipes out there, but I think the molasses makes this one special (:

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

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!

I, for the life of me, cannot cook beans on the stovetop without them being crunchy or mushy. The crockpot cooks them perfectly!

Aka Bean soup, really delicious served with hot tortillas, queso fresco, red onion+avocado

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...

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

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.

A cool crisp salad for any backyard picnic!

Essentially Chipotle's black bean recipe with added chipotle pepper in mole to spice it up. Great served as a side dish topped with crema and green onions. To make this into a black bean soup, reserve all of the liquid in the cans and blend half of the cooked beans.

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

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.

Did you know that black beans are actually purple? They contain a pigment called anthocyanin, which are also found in red cabbage and blue berries, and which aid in the prevention cell and tissue damage, in the form of oxidation. Not only that, black beans are also a great source of protein and fiber which promote digestion and heart health.Note:* You can substitute can black beans for freshly made ones.**You can substitute dried cilantro for fresh one.#CA2025

When there’s a little bit of dry black beans, a few baby Limas, and a tad bit of pintos left and there’s not enough of one to cook for a meal. Ya mix’em all together! Throw in some ham, a lil bit’o onion and garlic…. Yum! Tasty!

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 ;-)

Simple cinnamony sweet beans this could be done on a campfire.

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

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. 😆

In our neck of the woods, if you ask someone what’s for supper they’ll say, “I’m gonna make a pot of white beans and cornbread”. It’s just what it is. It’s in the top 3 staples of every self respecting southerner there is. So here’s how I do mine. It’s bare bones but so good.