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Ham Bone and Potato Soup

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Servings: 8 -10
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • Ham bone
  • Water
  • left over ham cut into chunks
  • 4-5 potatoes
  • 1/2 an onion
  • 3 large carrots or a bunch of little ones ;)
  • 2-3 celery stalks
  • 1 can white beans or kidney... really whatever you have in the cupboard!
  • 1-2 tsp chopped or minced garlic
  • pinch basil
  • 1 bay leaf
  • pepper
  • 1 TBLS olive oil

Method
 

  1. Put the ham pot in a pot of water.
  2. Bring to boil and cook for about an hour.
  3. Cut up potatoes, celery, onion and carrots.
  4. In seperate pan, over medium high heat add oil and then all the veggies.
  5. Add garlic, basil and some pepper.
  6. Cook down about 10 minutes.
  7. Cut up and extra ham you may have.
  8. Rinse white beans.
  9. Add the beans and ham to cooked down veggies.
  10. Add broth you made and a bay leaf.
  11. Continue cooking for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the potatoes are cooked down.