Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1 1/2  pounds        pinto beans
                        salt pork -- cubed
     1/2  teaspoon      comino
   1      teaspoon      black pepper
   1      teaspoon      garlic powder
   1      can           tomato sauce
   1      bunch         cilantro -- diced
                        salt -- to taste
   1      small         clove garlic
   2      medium        ripe tomatoes
   1      small         white onion

Preparation:

Soak beans in water at least 6 hours. Grind the garlic with comino and pepper if you prefer. Before cooking, add salt pork, ground spices and garlic clove to the beans. Cook beans in slow cooker at high until tender. Be sure to check that they are always full with water. Once tender, lower heat to medium low. Dice tomatoes and onion. Add to beans along with cilantro. Let cook for 10 minutes and add tomato sauce and salt.