best of bridge bean soup

Ingredients For best of bridge bean soup

• 1 lb

  hot italian sausage
• 2

  smoked ham hocks, or 2-3 cups cubed ham
• 3

  potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 2

  onions, diced
• 3 stalk

  celery, chopped
• 5

  carrots, diced
• 1

  green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 c

  chopped parsley, or 2 tablespoons dried
• 3 14-oz can

  kidney beans
• 1 14-oz can

  tomato sauce
• 1 28-oz can

  chopped tomatoes
• 1 tsp

  pepper
• 1 tsp

  hot pepper sauce
• 2

  bay leaves
• 1 tsp

  worcestershire sauce
• 2

  garlic cloves, crushed