Hearty Vegetable Soup With Ham

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 ham bone
• 2 cups diced ham
• 8 cups water
• 8 (4 1/2 g) packets chicken soup base
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups celery, diced
• 2 cups onions, diced
• 2 cups carrots, diced
• 2 cups cabbage, chopped
• 2 cups cauliflower, chopped

Recipe

• 1 add ham to water in large dutch oven or stock pot.
• 2 bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 2 hours or so.
• 3 remove ham from water and put water in fridge until cooled completely. pick and chop any meat from bone to add to soup.
• 4 gently remove hardened fat from top of broth with a slotted spoon and discard fat.
• 5 add chopped vegetables, tomatoes and garlic to broth and bring to a boil, simmer for about 20 minute
• 6 add chopped meat and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• 7 taste broth, and add chicken soup base to your desired taste.
• 8 add more water and soup base as needed.
• 9 you can also add a can of kidney or other type of beans and/or 2 cups of kernel corn, green or yellow beans or diced potatoes if you desire.
• 10 this recipe is very versatile and you can add in whatever you personally like in the way of vegetables.
• 11 you can even leave out the ham and use chicken, beef or vegetable soup base.