Love shortcuts on beans only if they taste just as good!!.. Fast easy and super yummy serve over cornbread and with collards (you can find on page).. Super yummy soul food!👊🏼

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.

Over this passed winter season I was blessed with an abundance of dried beans!👏🤠 However, I dont have much experience cooking with them.🤷🏻‍♀️🤔 This was one of the first ideas I had and also gave me a chance to use up our leftover Christmas ham! #souprecipe #splitpeas #driedbeanrecipe #15beanrecipe #hamandbeansoup #fridgecleanout #leftoversmakeovers

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

Years of experimenting and finally found the one we like!

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🤗

My parents bought us a Cuisinart pressure cooker for Christmas. The instructions are for use with the pressure cooker, but you could easily do this in a slow cooker our on the stove top. It just takes longer. The great thing about using a pressure cooker for this recipe is that you can have bean soup in about 20 minutes that tastes like it has been simmering all day.

This is a go to soup (meal) when I have leftover ham from a holiday meal. The smoked ham hock adds a great flavor. For a traditional Cuban meal, omit the meat and dairy, and serve with white rice. To “Mexican-ize” the dish, add some “heat” (jalapeno or hot sauce) within the cooking process and garnish with cilantro, salsa, etc.

I really didn't want Spanish Bean Soup just something a bit different.

Bean soup with the slightly smoky flavor of ham hocks (smoked pig knuckle). Of course ham could be substituted, I just enjoy the extra richness ham hocks bring. Takes awhile to cook, but it is more, do a little prep, cook for awhile, so you can do other things while this cooks. This has an awesome flavor, and I usually buy a bean mix, well, I like to mix it up a little.So try it, and enjoy.

With Thanksgiving over and LOTS of ham leftover, I thought of ways to get some use out of it without burning out my family with just reheating and serving as is. This is a great soup and a nice change from all the heavy Thanksgiving meals.

Got some leftover roast ham? Sick of ham sandwiches? Make this soup!Here’s the long version for inspiration, but you can happily cut out half these steps (eg frying the ham, puréeing half the lentils, etc.) and it would still be delicious, hearty, and an economical winter warmer. Use whatever root veggies you’ve got on hand. Add any dairy/green veg/lemon right near the end.