1986 B&M Brick Oven Baked Beans "There's no other choice" TV Commercial

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%26M_Baked_Beans_factory

Three Bean Soup

 

Chili-flavored soup. 1 can black beans, red beans, pinto beans, drained. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato. Chicken broth. 1 onion, 2 stalks celery, 2 cloves garlic. 1 tbl. chili powder, 1 tbl. cumin. 2 pork chops, cooked, chopped into cubes. (Optional). Normally meatless, but any leftover meat works well.

Less spicy version of this soup. Usually put in chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, which makes it hot.

Baked Chili, Peppers, Black Bean Casserole

 

Anaheim peppers. 1.5 lbs. ground beef, 2 cans diced tomato, 2 cans black beans, drained. 1/2 jar salsa. 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic. 1 tbl. chili powder, 1 tbl. cumin.

Making this up today. Cut peppers in half, clean, and layer in bottom of deep baking pan. Cover with ground beef, tomato, black bean mixture. Bake in 350 oven, covered, 1 hr. 

Red Beans 2026

 

2 lbs. dried beans. 2 onions, 3 stalks celery, 3 cloves garlic. Ham bone (hock). Smoked sausage. 2 boxes chicken broth. Thyme, cayenne, bay leaf, black pepper. Traditionally on Mondays. Double batch and freezes well.

This is an early look. Just starting. Will update. Takes a couple of hours. 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_beans_and_rice 

Almost 2 hrs. Add sausage last hr. Remove bay leaf. Remove ham bone or hock, strip off meat, add back. Add hot sauce. Add water as needed. Stir heavily at end to make smooth. 

White Bean Soup 2026

 

Three cans Navy beans, drained. Two chicken thighs. One can diced tomato. One can Rotel tomato. One big onion. Two stalks celery. Two cloves garlic. Two boxes chicken broth. Thyme, bay leaf, cumin, cayenne. Simmer one to one and a half hours. Freezes well. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_bean

Spicy Three Bean Soup 2025

 

1 can black beans, red beans, pinto beans. Drained, rinsed. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato. 1 big onion, 2 stalks celery, 3 cloves garlic. 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Bay leaf. 1 tbl. chili powder, 1 tbl. cumin. Chicken broth.

This is a recipe I created during Covid. Basically my chili with twice the liquid and no meat. Good, easy, and very hot. I serve it over rice as filler.

White Bean and Tomato Soup

 

With roast chicken. 1 lb. dried navy beans. Cook beans until water turns yellow (20 min.), drain. 1 big onion, 3 stalks celery, 2 cloves garlic. 1 can diced tomatoes, 1 can Rotel tomatoes. 2 boxes chicken broth. Thyme, cayenne, bay leaf, cumin. Simmer 1-2 hours, add chopped chicken last 30 min., until beans get tender.

Chicken Rocket 2025

 

Had one bag dried navy beans, needed to be used. Two boxes chicken broth, same thing. White bean soup with diced tomatoes and roast chicken. Whole chickens were on sale this morning. Making this up as I go along. Will be cooked tomorrow or late night tonight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_bean

Red Beans with Christmas Ham Bone

 

The leftover holiday ham bone makes all the difference in good red or white beans. Big ham bone with lots of ham I cut off so a double batch of beans. 2 lbs. of red beans.

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White Beans and Ham

 

2 lbs. Navy beans. Rouse's smoked turkey necks and ham chunks. One big onion. 3 stalks celery. 3 garlic cloves. Two boxes chicken broth. Cayenne. Red pepper flakes. 

Black Beans and Ham

 

Black beans cooked in a Louisiana style. 2 lbs. dried beans, ham chunks, smoked turkey necks. Onion, celery, garlic, cayenne.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_turtle_bean

Red Beans 2024

 

Big Easter ham bone makes all the difference in good red beans. Double batch with 2 lbs. of dried beans. Lots of ham came off the bone when I trimmed it.

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Black Bean Soup 2023

 

Digging in the outside deep freeze I found two containers of black bean soup. Spicy soup. Three cans black beans, one can Rotel tomatoes, onion, celery, garlic, cumin, chili powder, chicken broth. The one recipe I make pretty often where I get to use the immersion blender. 

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Spicy White Bean and Tomato Soup

 

Experimenting. I had four cans of Covid Great Northern beans with a best by date of this summer. My usual spicy bean soup is with black beans, pinto beans, red beans. I did not put chipotle peppers in this version so not quite as spicy. One can diced tomato. One can Rotel tomato. One big onion, one big celery stalk, two cloves garlic. One heaping teaspoon cumin, one heaping teaspoon chili powder. Cayenne, bay leaf, black pepper, Greek seasoning, splash of green hot sauce. And chicken broth. Simmer for about an hour to an hour and a half. Will update the finish.

Spicy Beans and Hot Okra

 

A real man's breakfast. Impulse buy at Albertsons. Had a couple of spicy beans last night with a turkey sandwich. They were good and crunchy. The hot okra I've had before.

Pork Chop and Spicy Three Bean Soup

 

Last pork chop. Leftover rice for the bean soup not pictured. Freezer is pretty full and I also have a chest freezer out in the garage now. 

Spicy Three Bean Soup

 

Needed to use up some Covid canned goods. This is a recipe I created during Covid. Easy and spicy. Several different versions but this one has two cans red beans, two cans black beans, drained and rinsed. One can pinto beans. Not drained. Two cans Rotel tomatoes. Two chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped. One little can of peppers will make three things of soup. I freeze the rest. One big onion, three cloves garlic, cayenne pepper, red pepper flakes, black pepper, salt. One tablespoon chili powder. One tablespoon cumin. Chicken broth and water. 

Cook the onions and garlic for a few minutes and then add the chipotle peppers for a couple minutes more. Add Rotel tomatoes and simmer for a few minutes. Add the beans, chicken broth, chili powder, cumin, all the seasoning, bay leaf. Simmer for about an hour to an hour and a half. That's it. I eat it with rice as filler with Extra Toasty Cheez-Its. Also good with a toasted taco shell broken up in it.

Red Beans with Easter Ham Bone

 

Big ham bone. I had two pounds of dried red kidney beans in the pantry and two big onions so this is a double batch. Lots of chopped onion. More pics as I go along. I am pre-boiling the beans now before starting the real cooking. The water turns black so this step is to remove impurities and it makes for a smoother finished dish.

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Sandwich of the Day: Grilled Cheese

 

Makes me hungry hot. With the extra hot spicy bean soup. It's hot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grilled_cheese

https://www.thespruceeats.com/best-grilled-cheese-sandwich-recipes-4023963

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Spicy Three Bean Soup

 

Woke up at midnight and worked on drafts for both sites while listening to the new Trailers From Hell podcast. Then made bean soup for the freezer for the first time in a while while listening to older Trailers From Hell podcasts I hadn't heard. I was living on this soup last year with Extra Toasty Cheez-Its. The perfect accompaniment. I made crawfish etouffee for Mother's Day lunch at my mother's and had enough left over to freeze a bit.

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