Summer Food

The weather has been teasing us too much lately with the sun yo-yo-ing back and forth with the clouds and rain.  But it has been getting much warmer, and with that comes the BBQ bug at our house.  There's nothing I love more than what I call Summer Food.  Well, except dessert.  But if you don't count dessert, there's nothing better.  So I think it's a great time to start pulling out some of my favorite dishes that are summer staples at our house.  Here's the first one, borrowed from Food Network (a site I visit often):

Sue and Gloria's Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 4 (16-ounce) cans baked beans
• 1 (20-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup BBQ sauce
• 2 tablespoon yellow or brown mustard
• 5 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
• 1 (6-ounce) can french-fried onions, crushed
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In large bowl, mix together beans, pineapple, molasses, BBQ sauce, mustard, 1/4 of the bacon, and 1/4 of the onions. Add some salt and pepper, to taste. Pour beans in 9 by 13-inch casserole dish and sprinkle remaining crushed onions and bacon on top. Cook in oven for 1 hour or until beans brown and bubble. Serve warm.