Always on my mind after a holiday feast involving ham . . .
The day before Soup Day, soak 2 lb. small white beans in lots of cold water to cover. The next morning:
Drain the beans and rinse. Cover with fresh cold water, deeply. Add all the remains of the ham, bones, and broth to the pot. Put on the heat, and add 2 chopped onions, 4-6 diced celery stalks, 4-6 diced carrots, a couple of bay leaves, and 2 t. salt. Simmer all day. Add pepper. Let cool before dinner so you can skim off most of the fat.
Serve with cornbread.
It's comfort food at its best, no? Nothing is so welcome, I think, than a nice steaming bowl of homemade soup.
ReplyDeleteBrenda
Looks and sounds good-
ReplyDeleteAnnamaria :)
That looks and sounds awfully good.
ReplyDeleteHehe, great minds think alike. Made ham and bean soup yesterday for dinner today! Making cornbread this afternoon! :-)
ReplyDeleteAnna-
ReplyDeleteDelicious-looking! Think I could use this basic recipe and sub red lentils for the beans? I have a ham bone in my freezer and nothing *really* good to do with all the lentils I purchased!
In Christ,
Dawn
I'll have to try that...soon!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Your chicken pot pie is my husband's new favorite!!
oh yum - that is true comfort food! I have a ham hock in my freezer just waiting. . .
ReplyDeletedid your Thanksgiving involve ham??
makes me crave for comfort food.
ReplyDeleteOh, that sounds lovely!!
ReplyDeleteI've been off the web for a few days and just read this post,
ReplyDeletewe just finished our dinner of bean soup with ham!
Great (frugal) minds think alike!
looks amazingly good! In the recipe, you add broth, would that be chicken broth?
ReplyDeleteNot chicken broth, whatever ham broth has formed in the ham-cooking pan.
ReplyDeleteYes, lentils would be great instead, or split peas, or pinto beans . . . .
I always have a big crowd for Thanksgiving, plan out all the food, and then at the last minute decide I don't have enough and I go out and buy a ham to roast beside the turkeys.