My friend Grace fixed a version of these veggie baked beans for a July 4th picnic and I’ve since made it my own!

Ingredients

• 2 cans vegetarian baked beans
• ½ cup minced onions
• ½ cup sliced celery
• ¼ cup organic ketchup (no high fructose corn syrup)
• ¼ cup sweetener(honey, real maple syrup)

Preparation

Empty beans into a saucepan. Bring almost to a boil then simmer slowly

Sauté onions and celery until clear and add to beans.

Stir in ¼ cup organic ketchup. 

Add sweetener.

Simmer until flavors are blended and bean mixture is thick.

Serve. They go very well with the Potato Salad.