Ingredients:
1 lb. bag of quality Lima Beans
1 teaspoon Black Pepper
1 cup Uncle Ben's "Natural Whole Grain Instant Brown
Rice"
1 Yellow Onion
1 - 4oz. can Mushroom Stems and Pieces
2 lbs. Cooked Ham
Directions:
Big crock pot... About 8:00pm at night ... 1 lb. of Large
(quality) Lima beans.. rinse and pick out bad ones... put
in a crock pot and cover with BOILING or HOT water...
sprinkle in a little salt and turn crock pot on HIGH..
Stirring a couple of times and make sure they are covered
with water BEFORE you go to bed! They will soak up a lot
of water so check and keep adding water until they stop
soaking water before you go to bed.
In the morning.. bout 8:00am you can turn crock pot to low
heat... The fun starts at 7:00pm or there abouts.. We
begin cooking!!!!
Add 1 teaspoon of black pepper to beans and stir in. Turn
the crock pot to HIGH temperature.
Add 1 cup of Uncle Ben's "Natural Whole Grain Instant Brown
Rice" to crock pot and stir in.
Dice 1 yellow onion and cook in margarine or butter until
tender but not yet brown. Add to crock pot and stir in
when done.
Put 1 4oz. can (drained) of Mushroom Pieces and Stems in
the skillet and brown slightly in margarine or butter. Add
to crock pot and stir in when done.
To a fry pan add 2 lbs of diced (to desired size, I do
about 1/2" cubes, fairly large) Cooked ham. Saute in
margarine or butter until slighly browned. (Don't eat the
ham.. hands off! *Laughing*) Add to crock pot and stir
in.. Don't drain any of the extra drippings from any of
these steps when cooking in the fry pan! The juices are
some of the best part...
Let heat up on HIGH heat until you are ready to go to bed..
just cover with water and reduce heat to LOW.
Next morning!!! YES!! mmm try not to eat the whole thing
for breakfast!!
Add water (if you have room :-) ...) for a soupier meal or
leave as is and will make a very thick main dish. Makes
about 8 16oz. storage containers (at least that is how I
measure it). Freeze extra.. is wonderful any time!
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