Calico Ham And Bean Soup

Total Time: 8 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup dry navy beans or 1/2 cup great northern bean
• 1/2 cup dry black beans or 1/2 cup kidney bean
• 1/2 cup dried lima beans
• 1/2 cup dry garbanzo beans
• 1/2 cup dried split peas
• 1/2 lb ham, cut into bite sized cubes
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup diced carrot
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 12 cups water

Recipe

• 1 sort through and rinse beans; drain.
• 2 in a large saucepan bring beans and splitpeas along with 6 cups of water to a boil.
• 3 boil for 10 minutes, then drain, rinse, and drain again.
• 4 place the drained beans in the crockpot along with the ham, onions, carrots, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, bay leaves, and last 6 cups of water.
• 5 cover crockpot and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.
• 6 remove bay leaves and adjust seasoning for salt and pepper if necessary.