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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 ...

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