Sausage Bean Soup

3/4 pound Italian Sausage-I usually double everything in the recipe and still only use 1 pound of meat. We sometimes use cut up turkey summer sausage instead of the Italian.
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 garlic clove minced
15 oz. can butter beans rinsed and drained
15 oz. can black beans (don't rinse and drain)
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can beef broth or beef bullion to 15 oz.
1T. fresh of 1 tsp. dried basil
2 T. parmesan cheese

cook sausage, onion and garlic. Drain. Add all ingredients except cheese. Cover and simmer 10 min. sprinkle with cheese before serving

This is my mom's recipe.