I think I love white beans more than red beans 😉 I don’t know why it always forgets about making white beans !!! White beans to me is so much easier than making red beans. I think the last time that I made white beans was over a year ago. I usually make red beans at least once a week but seem like the last few months ….I haven’t made it. Dont know what happened. Last week when I was meal planning …I went back to last year and I had made a batch of red beans this week ….so I decided to make white beans instead. I am so glad I did because IT IS DELICIOUS!!! I will put it on next months meal planning again. I try to rotate my meal planning every month. At the beginning of every month …I look back to last years meal on my phone calendar and I would just copy that for the week or add some of the meal in for the upcoming week if I ran out of ideas. Every NIGHT before I go to bed…I would add in what I made for the evening for dinner or even lunch. If I made something extra special I WOULD MAKE sure to DOCUMENT it in my calendar so that the next year I would add it in the weeks meal planning. 

This white beans and rice is so easy and DELICIOUS. I threw everything in my crockpot that morning and when I got home…dinner was ready. All I had to do was cook up the sausage. I already had it sliced and store in a container. DINNER was ready in 15 minutes!!! Dont you JUST LOVE nights like this?? And clean up was super easy because the only thing I had to wash was the crockpot insert and 1 little skillet that I used for the sausage. I served my white beans in these little soup cup so …stuck everything in the dishwasher and clean up was fast and EASY!!! Dinner and clean up in less than 1 hour!!!! 😉 

 

 

 

White Bean in crockpot for 8 hrs on high

 

I cook my sausage separately

 

In a skillet….I cook the sausage separately then add them to my bowl of white beans

 

After 8 hours in the crockpot

 

Creamy white beans

 

 

White Beans

  • 1 lb Pickle Pork
  • 1 lb Camelia Brand Navy Beans
  • 1 large white onion (chopped )
  • 1 medium green bell pepper (chopped)
  • 1 large stalk celery (chopped)
  • 4 cloves garlic (minced )
  • 1 lb Hillshire Farm spicy sausage (cut into 1 inch thick)
  • 1 lb cubed ham
  • 12 cups water
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 4 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
  • 1/2 cup fresh parsley (chopped/garnish )
  • 1/2 cup green onion (chopped/garnish )
  • Cooked White Rice
  1. Rinse the beans

  2. Add the beans, water, chopped onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic, bay leaf, and all the seasons in the crock pot.

  3. Set the crockpot to 8 hrs on high.

  4. As the beans are cooking ….in a skillet…add the cut up sausage and cook on medium heat until the sausages are golden brown and has a nice outer brown edge. Once they are cooked…take them off the heat and set them aside.

  5. RIght before serving…using a big wooden spoon and mash some beans against the side of the pot. This will make for a creamier consistency.

  6. Season the beans according to taste. You can season with some hot sauce for a more spicier taste.

  7. Ladle over a bowl of white rice and garnish with some freshly chopped parsley and green onions.

 

 

 

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