Cook bacon and ground beef well in a 12-inch Dutch oven. Use 24 coals all on the bottom to start, then separate and place the coals as noted earlier during the baking stage. Before removing excess oil, sauté diced onion, diced red bell pepper

A nice slow cooker recipe.

I have to admit feeling a little like Duke, the golden retriever who tries to sell the secret family recipe to Bush's Original Baked Beans--that's because I'm going to share my mom's super-secret recipe for Swedish Meatballs. I've used this...

A nice recipe for baked beans.

A recipe for soup

Cowboy beans is a bean dish popular in the United States. The dish consists of beans and ground beef in a sweet and tangy sauce. The flavor is similar to baked beans but with a southwestern twist. Although cowboy appears in the name, the use of canned beans, ketchup, and BBQ sauce means the dish is unlike anything ranch hands would have eaten. Cowboy Beans are served stewed or baked, depending on the recipe. A typical recipe might include:Pork and BeansChili beans (canned pintos in a flavored sauce)Ground BeefOnionPepperKetchupBBQ SauceBrown SugarIts unclear how Cowboy beans got their name or where they originated from. They are easy to prepare and variations on the recipe are available on the internet and in cookbooks and cooking magazines. See alsoBaked BeansPork and BeansChili beans