Sort and soak lima beans, 1 to 2 hour. Use a 3 to 4 quart pot, I boil my water before adding lima beans, but you don't have to. After water starts boiling add seasons, 2 teaspoon salt, 4 teaspoon minced garlic, 3 teaspoon minced onion, 2 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon white pepper, add raised and sorted lima beans.
Cook slowly until lima beans are almost done. Be careful not to over cook lima beans to much. Before done add 1 can of diced tomatoes (drain tomatoes before adding them), add 1 can of corn. simmer slowly 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in 1 can of tomato sauce simmer two minutes.
hint prepare lima beans with old south method first if you eat that way.