Home-made baked beans

Baked beans are an awesome meal option for kids for brekkie, lunch, dinner and snacks on the fly. But there is so much sodium and sugar in the commercially prepared tins, whereas they're quick and easy to make at home using your own ingredients.

Tonight, I made a pot for my son in around 20 minutes, and had enough over to freeze two full meals. I know the argument for tinned food- it's so easy- but for the investment of twenty minutes cooking time, I can now just pick a bag out of the freezer, microwave it for 2 minutes and there's dinner!

I sautéed an onion and two rashes of free range bacon(diced) until golden then added a tin of organic tomatoes and simmered until slightly reduced, then added a tin of organic butter beans. Add a tablespoon balsamic vinegar and a tablespoon honey to season, then leave to simmer.

It took around 15 minutes to thicken.

Talk about delicious! Actually, my husband and I cleaned up what Jonno couldn't finish, and we were fighting each other off for the last spoonful!