Sausage Bean Chowder

Ingredients

1/2 lb pork sausage
1 package kidney beans
1 1/2 c tomatoes
2 c water
1 onion
1 bay leaf
3/4 ts salt
1/4 ts garlic salt
1/4 ts thyme
1/8 ts pepper
1/2 c potatoes
1/4 c green pepper

Instructions

Cook sausage in skillet and brown. Pour off fat. In a large kettle, combine beans, tomatoes, water, onion, bay leaf, salt, garlic salt, thyme and pepper. Add sausage. Simmer, covered for 1 hour. Add potatoes and green peppers. Cook covered for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Remove bay leaf and serve.