Sausage-bean Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen baby lima beans
• 3 (19 ounce) cans baked beans
• 3 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans
• 1 lb sweet italian sausage
• 1/2 lb smoked ham, but in 1/2 in. cubes
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup catsup
• 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook lima beans as directed on package and turn into a 4-quart bean pot or casserole. add baked beans and kidney beans.
• 2 in a covered skillet, simmer sausages in 1/2 cup water until water has evaporated; panfry sausages until brown on all sides. cut each sausage into bite-size chunks and add with ham to beans.
• 3 stir together remaining ingredients; pour over casserole. gently mix all ingredients.
• 4 bake uncovered 1 hour.