Labor Day Baked Beans
Serves 8

Ingredients:
½ lb ground beef
½ lb bacon, diced
1 onion, chopped
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
¼ cup ketchup
1 tbsp mustard
¼ cup BBQ sauce
½ tsp pepper
½ tsp chili powder
3 cans (16oz each) mixed beans (i.e. Kidney Beans, Pinto, white beans etc)

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350ºFahrenheit. Lightly grease a 2 1/2qt casserole dish.

Cook beef, bacon and onion in a large saucepan until cooked through. Drain fat. Combine the rest of the ingredients, except the beans, in a bowl. Mix well. Then add to the meat and … read more

Summer is a time of traditions – people travel to the same resorts year after year, host annual barbeques, and go back time and time again to enjoy their favorite summer treats. It’s hard to think of summer without thinking of favorite food traditions – such as grandma’s strawberry pie or a s’more around a campfire.

Every now and again, it’s good to shake up food traditions a little bit. Updating some old-fashioned summer favorites takes a little creativity and ingenuity, but it doesn’t have to cost a lot in terms of money or time spent in the kitchen.

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