Wilbur Beans

Michael and I don't go out to eat very often. It is just not an expense we can justify. Our big splurge usually is getting take out Chinese which is a lot of food for $10. But a few weeks ago we went to an art exhibit opening and after were starving so we decided to check out the new BBQ place....Famous Dave's BBQ. It is a national chain that I have eaten at when visiting my parents in Minnesota. It is kind of funny because the place they built it was a BBQ before it but went out of business. Anyway we had dinner there and it was very good. Both of us really liked their Wilbur Beans.

I was digging around in the freezer last week and saw we had some ribs so I put that on the menu. I then of course thought of the beans we had at Famous Dave's and decided I wanted to make something similar to them as they would be so good with ribs. I scoured the web for recipes. I had a can of Bush's baked beans that I just wanted to doctor. I didn't really follow a recipe but got some ideas.

I took 1 can of Bushes baked beans, 2 cans of pinto beans - rinsed and drained, a small can of diced green chilies, brown sugar, BBQ sauce, mustard, garlic, chopped onion and some smoked sausage as I didn't have any bacon. I threw it all in the crock to cook for a couple hours. It turned out so well that I am sure I will be making them again.

Homemade Donuts

I enjoy the recipes over at 101cookbooks.com so this is one of them that she posted a while back. Baked Donuts...just called my name. I always see recipes for fried donuts and I just don't like having to "deep fat fry" food. I love the taste when someone else makes it. So baked donuts is something I could do.

They turned out really good. I am always surprised when bread-items turn out the first time for me as I really have had some a battles with the altitude. But these turned out scrumptious. The only thing is they need to be eaten right away. After sitting over night they lost their donut taste. They tasted more bready. I have wondered if they could be rolled out and cut out and then froze so that you could make smaller batches. So I might try that one day.



Recipe for baked donuts.