15 Bean Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 (16 ounce) package 15 bean soup mix (beans only)
• 8 ounces dried black-eyed peas
• 16 ounces butter beans (frozen)
• 1 ham bone, with some meat
• 1 bulb of garlic, pressed
• 2 onions, diced
• 1 lb carrot, peeled and sliced
• 6 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 bring ham bone to boil, covered completely with water.
• 2 add vegetables.
• 3 add dried beans.
• 4 add butter beans.
• 5 add enough water to cover beans with water by 2 inches if not already covered.
• 6 simmer for approximately 2 hours until beans are tender, stir occasionally.
• 7 about 30 minutes before the 2 hours is up, throw leftover veggies, rice and meat from the fridge into the pot. it will be fine!
• 8 you want them to come to a boil and simmer a while. it's the old poem. peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. it keeps the same as fresh if they simmer a while.
• 9 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 10 enjoy!