Easy Homestyle Baked Beans

This easy recipe feels like cheating, but since canned beans really are a healthy option - this is for those times that you don't have time to bake your beans yourself. (when you bake your own beans, you can control the sweet and the salt)

Ingredients:
28 oz can brown beans (I prefer the version without pork added)
7 oz can tomato sauce ( or use your home made spaghetti sauce - blenderized)
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp molasses
1 tbsp vinegar
1/2- 1 tsp dry mustard
1/2 lb polish sausage, peeled and sliced
2-4 strips of bacon diced
1/2 medium onion diced.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Fry the onions and bacon until onions are transparent. Pour beans into 2 liter casserole. Mix in the rest of the ingredients, including bacon and onions. Bake uncovered in oven for 30 minutes.

Take along potato salad, pickles, rye bread, cheeses , sliced cold meat like chicken, turkey, and ham (deli meats are too full of nitrates and salt....try to make the meat the day before) and of course fruit. Don't forget the ice box full of cold beverages, and plastic cups!

(Tip- pre-freeze clean milk cartons full of water to keep your picnic bounty cool and safe for consumption during transport. Toss a roll of paper towels into your picnic basket, with paper plates and disposable utensils- and a few zip lock bags. Don't forget the garbage bags. These are lifesavers!)

Have fun!