Egg Free, Dairy Free Meme's 5 Bean Salad

This is our favorite side dish to serve at cookouts.

Meme's 5 Bean Salad

Bacon
2/3 cup sugar
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp salt
Pinch pepper
3/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
2 cans dark kidney beans
1 can lima beans
1 can northern beans
1 can green beans
1 can yellow wax beans

In skillet cook bacon until crisp. Reserve 1/4 cup drippings and set the bacon aside. Add the cornstarch, sugar, salt and pepper to the reserved drippings. Stir in the vinegar and water. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for 2-3 minutes. Add all of the beans, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 15-30 minutes or until the beans are heated through. Stir in the crumbled bacon.
*  The adults like to stir in some diced onion, but we put that on individually because the kids don't like onions.