Using The Christmas Ham Bone Makes You Feel Good Potato Soup Food

POTATO AND HAM BONE SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Dice the carrot.
• Dice the celery stalks.
• Dice the onion.
• Heat heavy stock pot over Medium heat.
• Add the butter.
• Add onions, carrots, celery
• Stir and cook until vegetables are tender.
• Add ham bone.
• Add water.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour.
• Remove ham bone. Set aside. Remove meat when cooled.
• Cube the potatoes into about 1 inch pieces.
• Add potatoes to pot. Cook about 15 minutes until potatoes are tender.
• Remove about half of the potatoes. Set aside.
• Add the milk.
• Use an Immersion Blender to puree potatoes left in the pot.
• Add potato pieces and ham meat back to pot. Stir well.
• Add salt and pepper as needed.
• Serve warm.
• Enjoy!

MY DAD'S PEA SOUP RECIPE WITH HAM BONE

Steps:

• Soak peas overnight.
• Next day Place peas in colander and rinse with cold water.
• Place Ham bone/s in large pot. You may want to remove obvious fat first.
• Add chicken broth and water to cover ham.
• Add rinsed peas to pot.
• Add vegetables to pot.
• Add diced purple top turnips to pot.
• Cook over low heat for about 4 hours. Meat should be coming off the bone.
• Salt to taste.
• Remove bone and discard.
• Remove pieces of meat and save for later or just use fresh cut ham leftover.
• I usually put liquid in a blender to liquefy all the stuff. This usually takes a while to do it all. You'll need an extra pot for the blended pea soup.
• Put blended soup back on stove to heat. Add shredded carrots and the meat (if you wish) and cook for about 20 minutes stirring occasionally.
• You may want to add some salt and maybe some more chicken broth to taste.
• Serve with home made garlic croutons or rye bread.

RACHIE'S HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham bone in a medium stock pot. Fill water to just cover ham bone.
• Bring water to a boil and add carrots, celery, potato, onion, pepper, and bay leaves.
• Reduce heat to a medium simmer. Simmer 1 hour.
• Add lentils.
• 10 minutes before serving, bring back to a boil and add egg noodles.
• 5 minutes before serving, add peas.
• Serve when noodles are cooked to desired "doneness".

HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Cover ham bone in water and simmer for about an hour.
• Add onion and bay leaves. Simmer until onions are tender.
• Add potatoes, garlic, ham and beans. Simmer until ham falls off bone.
• Remove ham from ham bone. Add ham to soup and discard bone.
• Add butter, milk and pepper. Simmer until heated thoroughly.
• Add cornstarch or instant potato flakes to thicken.

USING THE CHRISTMAS HAM BONE, MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place first 6 ingredients in a Dutch Oven, bring to a boil over medium heat, and simmer for 30 minutes or until meat easily comes off the bone with a fork. Shred ham from the bone, discard any fat, return meat to the pot. Add diced potatoes, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender.
• While potatoes are cooking, in a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat being careful not to brown. Add flour, stirring constantly until incorporated well. Bring heat to medium/high and gradually stir in the Half n Half until creamy, thick and bubbly, stirring constantly, being careful not to scorch. Once it thickly coats the spoon, remove from heat.
• When the potatoes are tender, stir the sauce mixture into the potato pot over medium heat, stirring constantly. Let simmer until soup reaches the desired consistency. You can add milk to adjust.
• There has been no salt added to this point. You may add salt, pepper, garlic, herbs or seasonings to your taste.

REALLY EASY, MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD, VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Add V8 juice, Ro*tel Tomatoes, onions, and garlic to a large sauce pot. Heat on medium high heat.
• When soups is good and hot add the Ranch power, stirring to break up lumps.
• After about 5 minutes, reduce the heat tomedium and add 2-3 cups of vegetables. I like peas, corn, lima beans, carrots, and green beans.
• Let the soup cook for about 15 minutes or until all veggies are done.
• Enjoy.