Pizza Beans - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

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