E: Vegetarian Crock Pot Baked Beans & Easter Filed under ( Beans, vegetarian )

   How was your weekend? Ours was really nice. Yesterday, we celebrated Easter at our house with a feast! My Mom, Aunt & I each prepared a few dishes for the occasion. I made pulled pork:

Vegetarian crock pot baked beans (recipe below):

  Desserts (sunflower butter cookies, chocolate chip brownies & tarts):

These AMAZING tarts were made by Tina and were leftover from my shower. They were a huge hit again on Easter. Thank you so much Tina!!

My Aunt brought a massive platter of shrimp:

My Mom made a warm chicken salad (I must get this recipe):

My Mom’s strawberry spinach salad:

Amazing fruit (my Aunt also knows I’m a fruit addict ;)):

And My Mom’s sweet potato fries:

My Aunt also brought coleslaw that I didn’t get a picture of. There were TONS of leftovers, but it was all so good!! I am a huge fan of pot luck meals. I’m just not a fancy, sit down dinner kind of girl (95% of the time). What about you?

Vegetarian Crock Pot Baked Beans

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 gloves garlic, chopped
• 2 cans great northern or other white bean (DO NOT drain)
• 1/2 can black beans, drained
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 cup crushed tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red peppers
• 1 cup corn

Directions:

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and garlic and cook until onions are just starting to turn translucent.

Transfer onions/garlic into a crock pot and add all remaining ingredients except corn. Mix well. Cook on low for 4 hours. In the last half hour of cooking, add in corn.

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