{"id":6188,"date":"2013-03-04T14:52:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T19:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=6188"},"modified":"2023-06-14T05:16:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:16:47","slug":"no-added-sugar-baked-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/no-added-sugar-baked-beans","title":{"rendered":"No Added Sugar Baked Beans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Delicious homemade and No Added Sugar Baked Beans - perfect to enjoy at breakfast, lunch or dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You may be asking - why would I want to make baked beans myself, when I can just open a tin? Well, firstly if you live in the US or Canada it is hard to find a healthy variety, most are usually quite high in sugar and even the sugar free varieties can still have some added sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, you can get low sugar ones, so you still may be saying, \"I don't see the point, when I can just open a tin\" but then if you think about it, you could literally say that for everything, why bother to make anything homemade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These are really delicious, a healthy homemade sauce made from vegetables, so great for the young members of your family too and perfect for freezing. It makes a pretty large batch, so whenever I make these delicious no added sugar baked beans, I always portion up some in little tubs to freeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you want to save some time, you can even make the sauce the night before, soak the beans overnight and then do the last few steps the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beans, when bought dry in big bags, are really budget friendly too, they do take some prep soaking overnight, but they are a great source of protein and really high satiety and filling. I normally have a few different varieties in my pantry cupboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like to make these in my Le Creuset Cast Iron Casserole Pot<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. The beauty of cast iron is it can be transferred from the stove to the oven, so is perfect for these No Added Sugar Baked Beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once you have made up a pot of these amazing No Added Sugar Baked Beans, the hard part will be deciding how to enjoy them. Serve them with egg, sausage or bacon for breakfast, have them on toast or a jacket potato for lunch, you could even make these as one of the sides to go along with my amazing KFC Style Feast Fakeaway - now there is a thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what exactly is in the sauce and how do you get that sweetness, without adding sugar? It's easy really, use some of those amazing vegetables. In the sauce, is onion, celery, carrot, butternut squash and passata, that's a whole load of vegetables, so if you struggle with adding vegetables to your meals, right there is another great reason to make up a pot of these No added sugar baked beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As well as the vegetables, we also use a certain mix of seasoning for flavour - such as sweet paprika, mustard powder, onion and garlic powder, along with the good ole Worcestershire Sauce and some balsamic vinegar. If you like a more barbecue flavour to your beans, add a pinch of smoked paprika, if you like spicy, you could add a pinch of cayenne. These no added sugar baked beans are really quite versatile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first way I enjoy these whenever I make up a pot of these no added sugar baked beans is on some toast with a little butter, there is nothing quite as comforting as homemade baked beans on toast. Totally scrumptious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Kitchen Items do I need to make these No Added Sugar Baked Beans?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n