Buckaroo Beans

Serves:

2 cups dried pinto beans
4 cups water
2 cans diced tomatoes
2 tbs. brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 onion, chopped
1 bay leaf
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
2 tsp. chili powder
(optional) 1 ham hock or ham shank, leftover ham bone, or smoke flavoring

1. Soak the 2 cups pinto beans overnight in the 4 cups water. In the morning, drain the beans. Put in crockpot with all the other ingredients.

2. Let it simmer in the crockpot all day on low. Before eating remove ham bone from crockpot. Remove the meat, dice it and return meat to crockpot.

Note: This dish freezes well.

Recipe from flylady.com