Bean And Bacon Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. navy (pea) beans
water
2 cans tomato sauce
2 cans water
1/2 lb. bacon, diced
oregano
basil
sliced tomatoes (optional)
pepper (fresh ground)
1 can tomato soup

Preparation

Prepare navy beans according to package directions.
Continue to cook beans.
Add the diced bacon.
If counting fat, cook bacon in microwave, discard bacon drippings and dice bacon.
If bacon taste is desired, dice uncooked bacon and add to cooking beans. Add tomato soup, sauce, diced tomatoes and 2 cans of water. Additional water may be added while cooking.
Add a dash of basil, pepper and oregano.
Simmer soup 2 to 3 hours.
Soup will thicken with cooking.
For thinner soup, add water.