Foodie Fridays - Of Potatoes, Luncheon Meat & Baked Beans

I do not come from a well-to-do family, in fact money was tight during my childhood days since dad was the sole breadwinner.  We do not have luxury things, goes to fancy restaurants for meals, toys or books that we want or like but we have decent things to get us by such as clean clothes to wear, food on the table and pocket money for schools.  Mum was a housewife and she cooks all of our meals, I have fond memories of the simple dishes she cooked for us.  One of our favourite dish is a mixture of luncheon meat, potato and baked beans, even now we will still request Mum to cook this dish when we are back at her house for dinner.

This is a simple dish which I believe many will love it though some will think its unhealthy since 2/3 of it is made up of canned food but in actual fact this is a dish packed full of nutritional benefits.  Potatoes are very rich source of starch, fiber, B Complex vitamins and have zero cholesterol, they are high in Vitamin C too.  Baked beans are a source of iron, proteins, folic acids and have strong antioxidants that fight free radicals in the body.  Free radicals increase your chances of illness, aging and cancer.  Of course as much as we love them baked beans and luncheon meat, we all know that all processed and canned food are full of salt and sugar so moderation is the key word.

* 1 can of luncheon meat

* 1 can of baked beans

* 1 - 2 potatoes

* some ketchup

1. Skin and dice the potatoes, boil them till their are almost cooked.

2. Dice the luncheon meat.

3. Heat up a pan with some cooking oil, fry the luncheon meat till they are brown.

4. Add in the potatoes to fry for few minutes.

5. Pour in the can of baked beans, add in a little bit of water, a few dashes of ketchup, bring to boil and simmer for a while.  The dish is ready to be served.

1. I used luncheon ham instead of the normal luncheon meat as it's tastier.

2. Again, this is a flexible dish so add more or less of the ingredients you prefer.  If you love ketchup, just add more dashes of it.  We ran out of ketchup that day thus our dish have the taste of baked beans instead of ketchup.

3. Since this is a stomach filling dish, I suggest that you cook lesser dishes for the meal otherwise you will have lotsa left overs after that.

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