Bean Soup Mix - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. each pinto and kidney beans
1 lb. each black-eyed beans, split peas, lentils, pearl barley
1 c. uncooked rice
2 c. bean soup mix
1 c. chopped onion
1 clove garlic
1 can green chilies and tomatoes
salt and pepper
grated cheese
hot buttered cornbread

Preparation

Rinse and soak pinto beans, kidney beans, black-eyed beans, split peas, lentils, pearl barley and uncooked rice overnight. Take 2 cups of bean soup mix.
Cook beans in 3 to 4 quarts of water with soup bone, onion, clove of garlic, can green chilies and tomatoes, salt and pepper.
Cook until beans are done, 2 to 4 hours.
Sprinkle with grated cheese and serve with hot buttered cornbread.