Baked beans... Good or bad for you

_LA_

I'll jump on board with the - if you don't like the ingredients.fat/sodium/whatever in your canned ones, you can take more control of them if you make your own. The ingredients are so cheap. Plus if you get food from a pantry they usually throw lots of canned and dry beans in the bags. I use a crockpot and make a double recipe of vegan beans at a time. They freeze well in smaller or portion sizes.

Coffeeholic8

I make my own and then divide that batch into portions that will freeze for use later.

800g or 2xcans of Haricot or Cannellini Beans
2 red onions, very finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2x400g can chopped tomatoes
2-3 tbsp Muscovado Sugar
3-4 tbsp cider vinegar

If you use the dried beans you will need to soak them overnight and then boil them for about an hour until they are soft. If you use the tinned ones you can just drain and rinse them under cold running water before you use them

Heat a little olive oil in a large pan over a medium heat, add the onions and soften for a few minutes. Stir in the garlic, tomatoes, sugar, vinegar and 2 empty tomato cans worth of water water then add the beans. Reduce the heat and let it bubble and simmer away for a couple of hours, stirring now and again and adding a little water if it gets too thick, while you get on with doing something else. That's it, baked beans with none of the crap they throw into them.