New Year's Day Chili

• 1 lb sage pork sausage
• 2 (15 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black-eyed peas (drained and rinsed)
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• hot sauce, to taste

1. Brown sausage in skillet.
2. Drain and set aside.
3. In sausage drippings, lightly brown onion and green pepper.
4. Combine sausage, onion and pepper, tomtatoes, black-eyed peas, and seasonings in crock pot.
5. Cook in crock pot on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4.

pork sausage, tomatoes, blackeyed peas, yellow onion, green pepper, bay leaf, garlic, chili powder, salt, pepper, hot sauce

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/new-years-day-chili-50457 (may not work)