Beans, Kamut, Little Smokies and Vegetables

½c small red-brown beans

½c kamut 

Cook both of these according to package directions, separately.

2 stalks celery - sliced thin

⅓c chopped red pepper

⅓c sliced purple shallot

1T EVOO

10oz. Little Smokies

Saute' the vegetables in the olive oil.
After 10 minutes, add sliced Little Smokies.  Cover, adding a little of the bean cooking water to keep everything from sticking.  When the celery is tender, stir in the beans and kamut.  These beans were grown in India and are a staple there.  Kamut is an ancient grain in the wheat family, common to dishes cooked along the north east coast of Africa.

Food like this brings me back to busy Saturday mornings when our children were young and money was scarce.

My husband loved the giant cans of pork and beans with onions, crumbled bacon and biscuits for lunch after a busy morning in town.

This is my healthier version. . .Lin