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Picnic Baked Beans

With a smoky bite and tangy kick, this dish is the ultimate crowd-pleaser. From potlucks to picnics, it's always been a favorite. Why not try this old-school recipe and watch even the pickiest of eaters gather 'round!

Ingredients (for 6 people):

  • 4 slices of bacon
  • 1/2 cup onion
  • 2 cans beans with mini pork sausages
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp yellow mustard
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tbsp ketchup

Instructions:

  1. Cook the bacon until it's crisp, and save the drippings. 
  2. Leave the bacon at room temperature so that it dries out, and then crumble.
  3. Chop the onion into small chunks, and cook in the drippings. 
  4. Mix brown sugar, beans (with with mini pork sausages), yellow mustard, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce and add the cooked onions.
  5. Spoon the mixture into a medium sized casserole and bake uncovered for 1 1/2 hours. 
  6. Bake for 1 1/2 hours and sprinkle with the crumbled bacon.
  7. Enjoy!

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup rice vinegar
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 cups cooked sushi rice
  • 1 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
  • 2 tbsp seasame oil
  • 1 tsp chili paste
  • Salt
  • 1 mango, diced
  • 1 avocado, diced
  • 1 lb salmon, diced

Method

  1. Combine the rice vinegar and sugar.
  2. Stir though the cooked sushi rice, and with wet hands, shape into balls.
  3. Press the balls into ramekins lined with parchment paper, and press the rice up the sides of the ramekins into cup shapes.
  4. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
  5. In the meantime, combine the soy sauce, cilantro, sesame oil, chili paste and salt in a bowl.
  6. Combine the mango, avocado and salmon.
  7. Pour the soy mixture over the salmon mixture, and stir through until evenly coated.
  8. Remove the rice cups from the refrigerator, and peel off the parchment paper.
  9. Distribute the salmon mixture between the rice cups.
  10. Garnish, serve and enjoy!