Three Bean Crock Pot Casserole

• 1 cup warm water
• 2 (15 ounce) cans baked beans, Bush name, undrained
• 2 (12 ounce) cans lima beans, drained
• 2 (12 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained
• 2 1/3 cups ketchup
• 1/4 cup picnic prepared mustard
• 1/3 cup brown sugar or 1/3 cup dark molasses
• 2/3 cup wrights liquid smoke
• 1/3 cup genuine apple cider vinegar
• 2 lbs lean hamburger
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup Spam (optional) or 1 cup ham, chopped (optional)

1. (Diabetes substitutions at bottom of recipe).
2. Before Part take 1 cup warm water and put it into the crock pot and turn it on high. This is sort of to preheat the pot; without water it would crack see.
3. Part take the beans section and warm in microwave or on stove top until steaming. Stir and pour into the crock pot (nice to use maple or honey flavor beans).
4. Part ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, liquid smoke, vinegar. This is like a sauce. Simmer and stir on stove top or microwave until turns brown and smells less vinegary (20 minutes maybe). Dump into the crock pot and stir well.
5. Part meat and onion; brown on stove top or in microwave together then dump it in pot.
6. See how it goes a, b c all warm before going into the pot. Put on the lid and keep on high for on hour and 5-8 hours on low then serve with rice and cornbread, cheese shredded on top or glass of milk Complete meal for open houses or crowds of people. Stays warm in pot and is easy to self serve.
7. Diabetes substitutions: Can substitute tomato paste for ketchup and powdered mustard for regular. Add water a little and artificial sweetener comes in brown sugar flavor. The Bush baked beans can use navy beans plain and use brown rice instead of white rice. See these are all diabetes or trying to lose wight substitutions. You can also add wheat germ to the corn bread.

water, beans, lima beans, kidney beans, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, lean hamburger, onion, ham

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/three-bean-crock-pot-casserole-177468 (may not work)