Hey, I forgot to mention that tomorrow, I will use the leftover ham and beans to create a yummy chili, chili? with ham?  let me tell you, my mom did it for us once, and I could not believe it, but it doesnt taste like it has ham in it!  We can make lots of different meals with the left over chili and so on, so you see how the pot of beans started a real money saving adventure! Also the beans and chili are not bad on calories, use lean beef for the chili.