Here's how I make succotash:

Start with two or three slices of bacon, chopped up. If you use pork bacon, sauté it until the fat is liquefied. If you use turkey bacon, sauté it in whatever cooking oil you like. Add a chopped onion, chopped bell pepper, and as much chopped garlic as you can stand. Continue sautéing in the oil or rendered bacon fat until the onions are transparent. Add about a pound each of whole kernel corn and green baby lima beans (fresh if you can get them, frozen if you can't, canned only if you're desperate) and enough water to cover everything. Add black and cayenne pepper and cook until beans are tender but not mushy. Serve over rice if you like.

The bacon is mainly for seasoning. If you're a hard-core carnivore and can't live without more meat in the dish, add some diced precooked chicken or sausage.