This is perfect to come home to on a cold day like today!  It is my recipe for ham and beans.  The night before I soaked 1 lb of dry pinto beans in twice the water in a covered bowl.  This morning around 6:30 I rinsed the beans and poured them in a large crock pot, I added 1 1/2 pounds of ham chunks, include some bones!, one large onion chopped, one can italian diced tomatoes and one can mexican style diced tomatoes, pepper to taste and of course, you see it in almost every recipe, garlic powder! I added enough water to come about 1 inch above the ham and bean mixture, cover the crockpot and set on low, by the time 5 rolled around and I made cornbread, the beans were perfect!