Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup

olive oil

chopped onion

chopped green bell pepper

chopped celery

andouille or other spicy smoked sausage , sliced into 1/2 inch rounds

large sweet potato , peeled and diced (about 3 cups)

beef stock or broth

Rotel diced tomatoes , undrained

black-eyed peas , undrained

tomato juice or V-8

of a small head of cabbage , sliced (about 1-1/2 cups) 

kosher salt

turns of the pepper grinder