Pizza Beans

Name: Pizza Beans
Ingredients: 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

11 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

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

Directions

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.