Crockpot Ham and Bean Soup

This is really yummy!!

This bean soup is made so easily, with dried beans, water, ham, chopped vegetables, and seasonings.

Ingredients:
1 pound (453g) dried Navy beans, sorted and soaked overnight, drained
2 quarts water
1 meaty ham bone or chunks of ham
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
3/4 cup chopped celery with leaves
1/2 cup chopped onion

Method:
1. Combine beans and water in a large saucepan. Bring to a simmer; cook just until tender.

2. Combine beans and liquid with remaining ingredients in slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours.

Serves 8.

NOTES: Can started making this soup about 2 to 3 days before you served it....1st started one night by soaking the beans...the next day then cooked the beans on the stove...it took quite a few hours for the beans to get tender...then started them in the crockpot and cooked them a while that day and then cooked them all the next day.

About an hour or so before you was ready to serve the soup, it took about 1-1/2 cups of the beans and put them in a food processor (or blender) to puree them a little and then added back to the pot....this thickened up the soup some. It was really good!!