Jill
Aspiring Cowgirl
This soup is really ingredients in amounts to your own and your family's taste. I'm posting how we make it, but it is somethiing that is very easily adjusted. It's a healthy, but delicious soup!
I hope I laid that out okay! It's so easy, and, I think, pretty healthy. We are eating this today with some cornbread. Might even be followed by a NAP!
- Ham bone or cubed ham meat
- White beans -- soak these over-night, then drain them and rinse -- this is the bagged / dried kin of beans
- Celery that is cut / chopped per your preference
- Green / Red / Yellow (your choice or combination) cut and diced
- Carrots, diced or sliced, as you prefer
- Onions (diced or dried minced -- your choice)
- Tomatoes -- petite diced, from a can (you pick the amount)
- Parsley, to your taste
- Garlic Powderr, to your taste
- Celery St, to your taste
- Liquid Smoke (optional), to your taste
- Chicen broth -- 1-2-3 boxes (all the ingredients depend on the number you cook for, what you plan to freeze (yes, it freezes well), and how much you'll eat!)
- Carrot juice (this adds some sweetness, and is optional, but is what I think makes mine really taste good!)
- After you have soaked your beans over night, tak a large or stock pot, and put in your chicken broth.
- Bring that to a boil
- Add in the carrots, bell peppers, drained / rinsed white beans, ham meat, carrots, minced or diced onions, celery... and bring this to a full boil
- Let this go for 30-45 minutes until the beans are the softness you deisre
- Add in the carrot juice if you're using it, and bring it back to a boil
- Add in the petite diced tomatoes if you have chosen to use them
- Bring this back to a full boil in a stock pot, then reduce to low... if it's a crock pot situation, I think just bring it back to a boil, and then transfer and set the heat to your time frame.
I hope I laid that out okay! It's so easy, and, I think, pretty healthy. We are eating this today with some cornbread. Might even be followed by a NAP!