Try this hearty bean crockpot recipe as a side dish at your next barbecue, or as an easy main dish you can start in the morning, and have ready by dinnertime.

Ingredients:

• 1/3 C yellow split peas
• 1/3 C green split peas
• 1/3 C dry lima beans
• 1/4 C dry pinto beans
• 1/4 C dry kidney beans
• 1/4 C dry Great Northern beans
• 2 tsp beef bouillon granules
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 7 C hot water
• 2 carrots, diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1 pound diced ham or bacon
• 1/2 C ketchup
• 1/2 C BBQ Sauce

Directions:

Place beans, bouillon, cumin and garlic powder into crockpot. Pour hot water over mix, add other ingredients and stir. Cook 6 hours on high, 8 hours on low. Can be served as a side or main dish.

This recipe was contributed by Suzanne Prevedel, family and consumer sciences educator for USU Extension in Duchesne County