I cook a ton of beans and the recipe is always: Pick a meat and cook it (dice up sausage links, ground meat/turkey, cooked bacon diced up, boil and shredded ch

I cook a ton of beans and the recipe is always: Pick a meat and cook it (dice up sausage links, ground meat/turkey, cooked bacon diced up, boil and shredded chicken breast, etc) Use oil from meat or olive oil to saute diced veggies (onion, garlic, peppers, mushrooms, corn) Deglaze with some liquid (beef, chicken, veggie broth) that matches the meat you cooked. Pick a seasoning or make your own blend (chili, taco, ranch, curry), be sure to taste the broth before adding the seasoning or it might end up crazy salty if you picked a salty meat/liquid Pick a bean (or a few) and throw it in (red kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans). Throw the lid on and cook on low for like 30 mins. Add fixings: hot sauce, bed of rice, Greek yogurt, shredded cheese, tortilla chips, avocado slices, whatever. If you're using dry beans just get an instant pot. It's worth the money. For the lazy man: cut up 2 sausage links, fry them up in dutch oven, toss in 2 cans pinto beans, 2 cans Rotel. Throw the lid on and cook slow for 30 minutes. Add salt or seasonings to taste. Typically I will cook a base of beans and diced tomatoes in a big pot and scoop out what I need through the week to make different things. If you end up with too many leftover just mash them like potatoes and make dips or spread it on tortillas with some scrambled eggs for breakfast.