Bean Soup with sausage

1 1/2 cups dried pinto beans 2 tablespoons canola oil 1/2 lb Italian sausage (hot or sweet, about 2 links) 3 slices bacon (or skip the bacon and use an extra[...]

2 tablespoons butter 1 large sweet onion , diced 3 stalks celery , diced 1 small green pepper , diced 2 large garlic cloves , chopped 8 cups chicken broth 1[...]

8 cups water 2 ham hocks or 2 ham bone , with some meat left on 2 potatoes (cut in 1 inch cubes) 2 carrots (sliced and cut in half) 1 -2 onion (chopped) 2[...]

1 lb white navy beans , soaked overnight 4 quarts water 1 cabbage , small,chopped coarsley 1 lb green beans , cut ito 3 pieces each 2 leeks , cleaned and[...]