PS Calico Beans

Chef: Denise Kling-Pelto

Makes: 12 servings

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 2 - 4 hrs (crockpot)

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 min

Chef: Chuck Underwood, BrandNewVegan.com or PBNSG.org

Prep Time: While beans are cooking.

Cook Time: While beans are cooking

INGREDIENTS

• 1 recipe of Cauliflower Taco Meat

• 2 cans vegetarian Bush’s baked beans

• 1 can kidney beans, rinsed and drained

• 1 can lima beans, rinsed and drained or frozen

• 3 T vinegar

• 1 T Liquid Smoke

• 1 t salt

• 1/8 t pepper

• 1 c onions, chopped

• 1 c ketchup

DIRECTIONS

1. Sauté onions.

2. In a large crockpot, place the beans, sautéed onions, vinegar, Liquid Smoke, salt, pepper, and ketchup.

3. Mix all ingredients, except “Cauliflower Taco Meat” well.

4. Cook in your crockpot for 2 to 4 hours.

5. Meanwhile, make your “Cauliflower Taco Meat”.

6. Cauliflower Taco Meet: See PBNSG under “culinary” and then recipes or visit BrandNewVegan.com

7. In the last 30 minutes of crockpot simmer, one fold in one recipe of “Cauliflower Taco Meat” to the crockpot.

8. You can eat these luscious beans cold or warm

Denise is PBNSG's Culinary Curator and a Transitions Instructor, a Food for Life instructor, and received a finished her Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant degree from the American College of Health Care Sciences. She loves exploring new whole plant-based creations. She and her husband Marty have supported PBNSG and its goals since 2014.