My mom made potato soup while I was growing up. It is good stuff! I have my own flavors in mine that suit me but the basic recipe is hers.

I love soup and grilled cheese when it's cold outside. This meal always takes me back to the simple pleasures of childhood

This soup is great after a holidays when ham goes on SALE! The first ham I bought in the early 90's was on sale for .69 cents per pound, I still try and get it for that price today!

I used to love this as a child and still love it till this day. It is a great hearty family meal and so delicious🤗

A great soup for the cold winter months

I've been making this for a few years. Sometimes I add carrots or other vegetables to the soup. My kids like to put cheddar cheese in theirs before eating.

What better on a cold January day.

This isn't the most traditional way of making ham and bean soup but still has amazing flavor. I didn't use ham hock, ham shank or bacon which seems to be common. We used a homemade ham stock that we had in the freezer made from the bone of a spiral ham. For the ham chunks I used a combination of leftover ham from a holiday meal and the last bit of the ham I smoked this past summer. If you don't have smoked ham or double smoked in my case you can use a smoked turkey leg and let it simmer in the pot. Or even a drop or two of liquid smoke just to give the extra depth of flavor. Also used the dehydrated onion in place of fresh chopped because it seemed like it would just get lost in there. The only thing I might do differently next time is add spinach or another green to the party.

Ham & Bean Soup. (I need better lighting hahah)

I started with a similar recipe that had less veggies and the "broth" was all milk. Made some adjustments. Hope you like it!

So so good. Takes an eternity to get this on the plate. But well worth the wait.