Slow-Cooker Baked Bean Stew

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup chopped green bell pepper

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

¾ teaspoon crumbled dried sage

¾ teaspoon cumin seed

1 pound smoked sausage, sliced

2 (16 ounce) cans baked beans

1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained

1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes

2 cloves garlic, minced

Place the onion, green bell pepper, olive oil, sage, and cumin seed into a slow cooker, and set the cooker on Low. Cover cooker, and simmer for 2 hours. Stir in the smoked sausage, baked beans, garbanzo beans, diced tomatoes, and garlic, and cook on Low until flavors are blended, an additional 2 to 4 hours.