Pizza Beans

• 1 (1 lb.) can pinto beans
• 1 (1 lb.) can kidney beans
• 3/4 lb. Italian sausage
• 1 1/2 c. chopped onion
• 1/2 c. drained sliced ripe olives
• 3 c. canned tomatoes
• 1 Tbsp. salt
• 3/4 tsp. each: crushed oregano and sweet basil
• 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
• Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 c. chopped green pepper

1. Drain and rinse beans; place in slow cooker or Dutch oven. In a skillet, brown sausage, breaking into small pieces.
2. Add sausage to beans.
3. Add a little oil to sausage fat and saute onion and green pepper in it.
4. Add sauteed vegetables, olives, tomatoes, salt, oregano, basil and garlic to cooker or oven.
5. Break up tomatoes with spoon; mix ingredients well.
6. If using slow cooker, cover and cook on low 7 to 9 hours.
7. In Dutch oven, cook 2 to 3 hours to blend flavors.

pinto beans, kidney beans, italian sausage, onion, olives, tomatoes, salt, oregano, garlic powder, parmesan cheese, green pepper

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=251723 (may not work)