baked beans

This is not a terribly diabetic-friendly soup as beans are a bit carby, and I have never found a suitable substitute for molasses. I have about 1 cup of the beans (around 30g net carb) and fill up on salad and cole slaw.

Also, these aren't actually baked. I once tried about 10 different recipes, and this turned out our favorite even without baking.

ingredients

• 1/2 lb navy beans (around 1 1/2 cups)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp powdered mustard
• 1/4 lb bacon, chopped
• sweetener equivalent to 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 cup blackstrap molasses
• 1/2 medium onion, chopped

method

Soak beans in water overnight.

Drain and rinse beans, put in Dutch oven covered with water by about 1 inch. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer about 6 hours.

Add salt, mustard, bacon, sweetener, molasses and onion and simmer an additional 2 hours.

Recipe can also be made in a large batch and canned.

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