Bean and Sausage Soup

Ingredients

• • 3 cups cooked pinto beans

  • 1 turkey sausage sliced (or ground and browned?)

  • 4 slices chopped bacon

  • 4 cups bean broth

  • 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar (consider substituting lime zest and juice to brighten the flavor)

  • 1 cup chopped tomatoes (or 1/4 cup tomato sauce)

  • 1/2 cup chopped onion

  • 1 chopped carrot

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1 tsp black pepper

  • 1 tsp garlic powder

  • 1 tsp turmeric

  • 1 tsp marjoram

  • 1/2 tsp thyme

  • 1/4 tsp chili powder

Directions

1. In a skillet brown bacon, add onion and carrot. Add tomato sauce. Stir.

2. Add spices

3. Add mixture to drained beans in the dutch oven

4. Add sliced sausage (brown first if ground)

5. Add bean broth

6. Bring to boil, then simmer on medium heat for 3 hours. Stir occasionally

7. Add vinegar toward the end

8. Serve