Vegetarian Baked Beans With Vegetables

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 small carrots, diced
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• salt to taste
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1/2 cup barbeque sauce
• 1/2 cup mild molasses
• 1/2 cup imitation bacon bits
• 1/4 cup rum (optional)
• 2 tablespoons dill
• 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
• 2 (15.5 ounce) cans white beans, drained and rinsed

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots, bell pepper, and garlic. Sprinkle lightly with salt and saute until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, barbeque sauce, molasses, bacon bits, rum, dill, and mustard and stir to combine. Reduce heat and simmer sauce 20 to 30 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
3. Pour 1/4 cup beans into a bowl and mash. Pour remaining beans into a casserole dish. Mix mashed beans into the saucepan with the sauce and pour mixture over beans in the casserole dish. Cover with a lid or aluminum foil.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 2 1/2 hours. Uncover and bake 30 minutes more. Let cool for 20 minutes before serving.

butter, onion, carrots, green bell pepper, garlic, salt, tomatoes, barbeque sauce, molasses, bacon bits, rum, dill, yellow mustard, white beans

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/265378/vegetarian-baked-beans-with-vegetables/ (may not work)