BBQ Baked Beans & Sausage

I wasn't excited to cook this, but I am looking for recipes that get new vegetables (like collards) into my family's diet. It was surprisingly delicious. I carmelized the onions alone, because I don't like the bite of crunchy onions. I added the collards after the sausage started to release some juices because I don't typically like cooked greens; I have awful childhood memories of cooked collards so I wanted them cooked in sausage drippings. (See, I told you I wasn't excited about this dish!) Next time - and there will be a next time - I will add the collards earlier. They are a heavier green than I expected them to be, and they had too much body/texture in the final dish. Still, it was very yummy. My 3-year-old ate it with some extra bbq sauce. Oh, I also cut the collards in half, and this was plenty. 4 cups of collards would have resulted in this dish being called "BBQ Collards and Sausage". Then again, maybe if they were actually a bit wilted... anyways, it gets a 5-star review in my book, and I don't give 5 stars often. Anneliese, Phoenix, AZ

I used spinach instead of collard greens (just because I already had it) & pinto beans. My husband, who can be a little picky about baked beans, said this is "definitely a keeper" & has already asked for them again. My two kids really like baked beans so we love that this incorporates "greens" into it & does not add sugar to the recipe like most. The flavor is wonderful. We actually used turkey breakfast sausage links that I cooked & then cut into bite size pieces & then added as the recipe called for. Good recipe for kids & adults!