Soup is one of the easiest things to make, and it's also a great way to use up leftover ingredients. In this particular soup, I used sausage and black eyed peas, but you could easily switch those out for any other type of sausage or bean. It's a hearty, flavorful soup that's perfect for a cold winter night.
Combine all ingredients except for the rice into slow cooker and stir. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours.
Cut top off of boil-in-bag rice and pour into cooker. Stir. Cover and cook on HIGH for 20 minutes.
As with any of my recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.