French Market Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pkg mixed dried beans
• ham sausage or chicken or a combination of leftover meats
• 2 onions chopped
• 2 green peppers chopped
• 3 to 4 stalks celery chopped
• 2 cans tomatoes chopped with own juice
• garlic minced to taste
• parsley
• bay leaf
• Tonys Creole seasoning
• Tabasco to taste

Directions

1. After soaking beans add water and cook beans according to package directions for about 1 hour
2. Add rest of ingredients and bring to a boil
3. Cover and simmer for another 2 to 3 hours or until beans are tender stirring occasionally
4. Great alone or can serve over rice
5. Freezes well