Tired of the same old soup recipes? You’ll love this delicious and easy slow cooker bean and bacon soup. Perfect for cold winter nights, this hearty meal requires minimal ingredients but deliver ...

Take baked beans up a notch by making these baked beans with ground beef. This southern-style baked beans recipe is loaded in ...

Add the bacon and continue ... spinach in this bean stew, if you have some in the freezer. Any tinned beans will work as a substitute: haricot beans, butterbeans, pinto beans and mixed beans ...

Combine all your ingredients in a 6 quart slow cooker, stir well. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours, stirring occasionally if possible.

Pinto beans need soaking for several hours before cooking, preferably overnight. Add a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda to speed things up. An even quicker method is to bring them to the boil in ...

For a thicker version of these saucy beans, bake them 10 to 15 minutes longer before topping with bacon. If Vidalia onions are unavailable, substitute any sweet yellow onion. Beans can be made up ...

Sometimes at home I'll cook canned pinto beans with butternut squash, poblano peppers and cumin for a spicy chili." Adding pinto beans to chili is a great way to bulk up the dish, or you can use ...

Before you start preparing this healthy Southwestern-style white bean chicken chili—a delicious crock pot recipe from Skinnytaste Meal Prep by Gina Homolka—be sure you’re up on the best ways ...

Stick to the recipe. It’s fine to riff, say, by using black beans if you don’t have white ones, but don’t mess with the ingredient amounts. The reason: A crock pot operates best if it isn ...