Phillies Game and an Indoor Picnic

There is nothing better than being at a ball game and having a ball park hot dog.  But when the weather is hot and raining to boot, the old big screen TV and the indoor cook top will have to do.  It was a double header yesterday with extra innings, so I jumped in to action .  Got the grill pan out to grill the dogs and made my scrumptious Picnic Baked Beans (recipe below).  To top it all off, Apple Crumb Pie with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream.  Watching the game and eating great food, it doesn't get any better than that!

  GO PHILLIES!

Hmmmm.... Looks like I grilled them outside

 Picnic Baked Beans - get ready to eat, they are good!

Picnic Baked Beans

Ingredients

2 Tbsp canola oil

½  Vidalia onion, diced

1  green bell pepper, seeded and chopped

1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped

1 roll of Jimmy Dean pork sausage

4 cans Bush’s Vegetarian Baked Beans

½ cup of Heinz Ketchup

1 tsp of dried ground mustard

3 Tbsp French’s yellow mustard

1 cup of dark brown sugar

½ cup white sugar

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

Directions

In a large Dutch oven sauté the onion and peppers in the oil until slightly tender.  Remove from the pan and into a bowl.  Add the sausage to the pan and break up with a wooden spoon as it starts to cook.  The meat should be somewhat chunky but not too big.   When all meat is no longer pink, drain off any extra fat left in the pan, then add the onion and peppers back into the pan and stir to combine.  Next add the beans, ketchup, dried mustard, yellow mustard, brown sugar, white sugar, salt and pepper.  Stir until all is combined.  Cook on medium – low heat for 45 minutes stirring occasionally.

NOTE:  This recipe makes beans for a crowd.  You can quarter or half the recipe if you do not want to make as much.