Crock Pot Kielbasa And Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 (14 1/2 ounce) cans low-fat chicken broth
6 ounces dry pinto beans, picked through
6 ounces dried split peas, picked through
16 ounces kielbasa, split in half and sliced
4 carrots, sliced
3 stalks celery, sliced
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons thyme
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes

Preparation

Place all the ingredients except the tomatoes in a crockpot.
Cook on low for 7 hours.
Add the diced tomatoes with juice and cook on high for 30 minutes.
Added note-as one reviewer found out, if you add the tomatoes to the crockpot at the begining of the recipe, your beans will remain hard and uncooked.