Healthy Party Beans! With their vibrant taste and wholesome ingredients, Healthy Party Beans are sure to be the star of the table, impressing both friends and family alike.
Looking for the ultimate crowd-pleaser for your next gathering? Look no further than these irresistible Healthy Party Beans! Bursting with a delightful blend of sweet and tangy flavors, this dish evokes the delicious nostalgia of classic baked beans while packing a nutritious punch. Perfect for potlucks, barbecues, or family dinners, these beans are not only easy to prepare but also transport beautifully, ensuring your dish arrives as delicious as when it left your kitchen.
Whole Food Plant Based, Vegan, plant based, oil free, refined sugar free, no highly processed ingredients and gluten free.
Hi there, Ameera here!
We all absolutely adore this dish, and it’s no wonder why! With its mouthwatering flavors and irresistible taste, it’s the perfect choice for your next potluck or meal prep adventure. Whether you’re feeding a crowd or just looking to simplify your weeknight dinners, this recipe delivers.
You gotta give this one a try!
Tips for Success:
- Flavor Profile: This Healthy Party Beans dish is bursting with rich and delicious flavors. The flavor profile is reminiscent of baked beans with its sweet and tangy mix. It is a great dish for parties and transports well.
- Texture of the Sauce: The sauce is slightly thick similar to tomato sauce (since that is a major component). It has a moderate amount of sauce. If you want a really juicy dish, scale back on the beans.
- Beans: Feel free to use your favorite beans or mix and match.
- Regular Chili Powder: Not all chili powders are the same, some have more heat to them than others. Feel free to use your favorite chili powder, just be sure to select a mild one and not one that has a lot of heat. The chili powder just adds dimension and is not an overpowering flavor in this recipe.
- Spices: Feel free to increase (or decrease) the spices to suit your own personal preferences.
- Pure Maple Syrup: Feel free to scale back or add more of the maple syrup as needed to reach the desired taste. We had family members completed divided on the amount of maple syrup that was needed with this dish.
- Prepared Yellow Mustard and Dried Ground Mustard Powder: We used both prepared yellow mustard as well as dried ground mustard powder to arrive the perfect amount of tanginess needed to round out the flavors.
- Party Beans for a Potluck: We suggest making the party beans as indicated in the directions, but not simmering for the full 30 minutes, then moving them to a crockpot and heat over low heat (not simmering or boiling). If needed add ¼ cup of water and mix well if the beans become less juicy. The beans will soak up the sauce over time.
- Table Salt: If using table salt, you should use less table salt than the amount listed in the ingredients as sea salt crystals are larger than table salt crystals. Since table salt crystals are very fine, less table salt is required to season a dish. We would suggest starting with about 1/4 to 1/2 the amount of sea salt listed. You can always add more salt but cannot take it away. We recommend using sea salt as it is less refined than table salt.
Leftovers and Freezing:
Leftovers will generally keep 5 days in the refrigerator. Store in a covered container.
This dish can be frozen.
Pantry Products:
- Prepared Yellow Mustard: We used Heinz Organic Yellow Mustard. Feel free to use your favorite prepared yellow mustard.
- Molasses: We used Grandma’s Unsulfured Original Molasses. Feel free to use your favorite molasses. We do not recommend black strap molasses as it can sometimes be bitter. You can leave the molasses out of the dish if you wish. The molasses adds excellent depth of flavor and is reminiscent of brown sugar. We feel it adds amazing flavor to this dish.
- Sea Salt: Please adjust the sea salt based upon your family’s sea salt preferences and/or based upon dietary needs.
Kitchen Equipment:
- Large stock pot
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Healthy Party Beans
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Cook Time: 45 Minutes
- Total Time: 60 Minutes (+Rest Time)
- Yield: 9 Cups 1x
- Category: Side
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
Description
Bursting with a delightful blend of sweet and tangy flavors, this Healthy Party Beans dish evokes the delicious nostalgia of classic baked beans with a wholesome twist.
Ingredients
Base Ingredients:
- 1 large yellow onion, fine dice
- 1 large green bell pepper, small dice
- 2 Tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 – [ 28 oz. can ] tomato sauce
- 3 Tablespoon pure maple syrup (+/-) *
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon molasses *
- 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard *
Spice/Herb Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried ground mustard powder
- 1 ¼ teaspoons regular chili powder (+/-) *
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika (+/-)
- ¼ to 1 ½ teaspoons sea salt (+/-) *
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper (+/-)
Other Ingredients:
- 1 – [ 15.5 oz. can ] kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 – [ 15.5 oz. can ] pinto beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 – [ 15.5 oz. can ] navy beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 – [ 15.25 oz. can ] lima beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 – [ 14.5 oz. can ] green beans, drained
Instructions
- Place the Spice/Herb Ingredients in a small bowl, mix well, set aside.
- In a large stock pot, add the diced onions, and green bell peppers, sauté over medium heat until they begin to soften, approximately 7 to 10 minutes. Add a couple of tablespoons or so of water if they start to stick and/or to prevent burning.
- Add the minced garlic, sauté for one minute.
- Add all the remaining Base Ingredients and Spice/Herb mix, stir well to combine. Bring to a boil, then immediately lower to a simmer.
- Add all the Other Ingredients (beans), simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- After 30 minutes, stir well, remove from the stove, allow to sit for 15 minutes to allow the flavors to marry. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
*Please reference the blog post for Tips for Success, Pantry Items Used, Storage and Freezing, and Kitchen Products Used.
*Sea Salt: Please adjust the sea salt based upon your family’s sea salt preferences and/or based upon dietary needs.
*Servings: 6 to 8 (makes 9 cups)
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