Slow Cooked Italian Sausage Soup

Ingredients

1/2 pound hot Italian sausage
1 cup sliced carrots or baby carrots
1 large diced potato
1 garlic clove minced
2-15 ounce cans beef broth
15 can cooked northern or navy beans
1 1/2 cups water
14 ounce can diced tomatoes (Italian style is good )
1/2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
1 cup fresh green beans, cut into one inch pieces
Optional:  1 cup chopped cabbage or spinach
Parmesan Cheese

Directions

Brown the sausage, and at the end sauté the garlic, careful not to scorch.  Combine
everything in the crackpot except the green beans and cabbage.  Cook on low
for 7-9 hours.  Add the beans, and the cabbage or chopped spinach and cook
30 minutes more.  Serve with the Parmesan cheese in bowls.  You can also boil
some pasta according to instructions and spoon some in the bottom of each
bowl, then top with the soup.