A version of Hobo or Cowboy Beans, this hearty slow cooked dish was a welcomed meal with near freezing temperatures still hanging onto the last days of May.  Make enough so you have leftovers to serve up with your morning coffee.

 Just a few basics to start

…then the rest thrown into the mix.

…two hours slow-cooked to juicy sweet perfection.

SAILOR BEANS

what you will need for 4 generous servings

1 lb lean ground beef

1 cup chopped onion

2 garlic cloves, chopped

2 slices lean bacon, chopped

1 tbsp cooking oil

1 can lima beans, drained

1 can black beans, drained

1 can baked beans

1/2 cup ketchup

1/2 cup molasses

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

Bread to sop up some of those rich juices.

time to cook

In ‘brown’ mode cook onion and garlic with the bacon.

Add the ground beef until cooked through, breaking up any large chunks.

Toss in the rest of the ingredients (not the bread, silly) and set your pot to slow cook for two hours.

We sailors may not be out on the range rustlin’ us up some cattle but after a frisky day of haulin’ lines on rock ‘n roll waters we’ve worked up an appetite worthy of any cow poke.