Sweet Stewed beans

Found the recipe on JustBento.com and decided to try it. I hoped that my end result would be similar to some that I had eaten in a bento that I had bought. Well...my result from their recipe wasn't quite as sweet nor quite so tender. In my defense, it was my first time ever cooking beans from scratch so I'm not familiar with what is considered cooked through for beans. I also found the recipe a bit lacking on clear direction.

This is still a good recipe despite my difficulties with it so I will try it a second time.