Smoked Sausage and Beans Crock pot Dinner

1 pound lean ground beef
1 large green bell pepper, diced, or use part red bell pepper
1 cup chopped onion
1 pound lite kielbasa or smoked sausage, thinly sliced
1 (10 1/2 oz.) can tomato soup, undiluted
1 (14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (10 oz.) can diced tomato & green chiles, undrained
3 (16 oz.) cans pinto beans, undrained
4 (15 oz.) cans pork & beans, undrained
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 cups (8 oz.) low fat shredded Cheddar cheese or Monterey Jack

Cook ground beef, green pepper, and onion in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat, stirring and breaking up until meat is browned and no longer pink. Remove fromskillet; drain. Brown smoked sausage in the same skillet; drain. Place ground chuck mixture, sausage, next 7 ingredients in a 5-quart slow cooker. Cook, covered, on LOW for 7 to 9 hours. Stir cheese into hot bean mixture just before serving.
Serves 10 to 12.

Serving Size: makes 12

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LORIDESHIELDS.