Cool weather, time for soup, yummy!

There are a lot of great soup recipes on the Food Network website. One is a white bean soup with ham and potatoes by Cathy Lowe.

Senate Bean Soup

I followed the recipe except that I added 3 potatoes instead of one. Slices of country ham with the hock included provided most of the salt and little bits of meat. I also think it would be good with the left over ham bone from a baked ham. More salt would be needed though. Just season the onions, celery and carrots with salt and pepper when cooking them prior to adding to the beans if using the baked ham.

After everything is tender, take a couple of cups of the broth including the beans and potatoes (no meat) and put it into the blender to puree. Then add it back to the soup pot. This makes the soup wonderfully thick.

All you need is some good home made bread to dip and enjoy!