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Our favorite baked beans recipe

We've made this e few times now, and we absolutely love it. Baked beans (courtesy of Canadian Living) Ingredients 1 lb (500 g) dried navy beans (2-1/2 cups/625 mL) 2/3 cup (150 mL) bottled strained tomatoes 1/3 cup (75 mL) packed brown sugar 1/3 cup (75 mL) cooking or blackstrap molasses 1 tbsp (15 mL) sodium-reduced soy sauce 1 tsp (5 mL) dry mustard 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt 1 sweetonion, chopped 4 oz (125 g) slab bacon, diced 2 oz (60 g) salt pork, diced P reparation: Rinse and soak dried beans overnight in three times their volume of water. (Or for quick-soak method, bring to boil; boil gently for 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cover and let stand for 1 hour.) Drain. In saucepan, cover beans again with three times their volume of water and bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until tender, 30 to 40 minutes. Drain, reserving 2 cups (500 mL) of the liquid. In small bowl, whisk together tomatoes, brown sugar, molasses

Chocolate Mousse

Here is a recipe to a delicious and easy chocolate mousse. (Adapted from reciparzaar) Ingredients 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate finely chopped or chocolate chips 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 2 eggs, separated 2 extra egg yolks 1/3 cup expresso or very strong coffee 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or any liqueur (I used 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 2 cups heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks Melt the chocolate with coffee and liqueur in a saucepan on low heat Mix the sugar with 1/4 cup of water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil 3 to 4 minutes. Meanwhile, place the 4 egg yolks in the bowl of an electric mixer. Gradually add the sugar syrup, beating constantly. Continue beating for 5 to 6 minutes at high speed, or until the mixture is thick and creamy. Stir in the melted chocolate. Beat the egg whites with a rotary or electric beater until

Favorite dish

On my homeschooling blog Homeschooling for His glory , I have been participating in this blog hop and today's theme was your favorite dish. So hop on over to get the recipe of one of our favorite dish ever: Beef Bourguignon. Hope you try it and enjoy it. Joelle