White bean soup (crockpot)

A hsm and bean soup recipe I threw together to use leftover ham from Christmas or Easter that I had smoked.

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

I love my instant pot and I wanted to make a bean soup from dried beans that didn't take all day. From start to finish this recipe took about hour and half between chopping and waiting for pressure to build. Still not bad for a soup that usually takes several hours just soften. The beans in this recipe come out soft, and the liquid is thickened as well by them. This recipe also freezes really well too for up to a month.

I wanted a recipe for the pounds of dry beans I have in my pantry. This was originally intended to be a side dish of beans, but it ended up being full of liquid and tasted great as a soup. This can easily be made vegetarian or vegan if desired by subbing out the butter and beef base with vegetarian substitutes.

This came about by a cold winter mountain day after Thanksgiving, and craving a nice warm soup. Unfortunately, due to allergies I cannot have store brought soup so I decided to try my hand at a beand and bacon soup, because I loved it as a child until I got deathly ill and developed allergens.

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.

Very flavorful, delicious white bean soup. You can omit the pork to make it vegetarian friendly!

A good, hearty soup. If you want to "liven it" up a bit, add 2 - 3 table spoons yellow mustard when soup is almost ready; but it has a very nice flavor on its own actually.

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.

This recipe was inspired by me going to the refrigerator opening it up and saying I have way too many things in here that need to be cooked before they go bad 😝 Just back from Ocean Shores and noticed I needed to use some vegetables up quick. Of course had a few cocktails at the ocean, so this soup is a great detox as well. Keep in mind you can add so many things to this soup....kale, spinach, maybe some barley. Using seasonal and fresh veggies is always a plus for me, but sometimes it's not practical. I use frozen when I can and always organic. I'm not much of a meat eater, but added seasoned chicken to my family's individual soup bowls. However they said the soup didn't need it. This is just strictly a base, add what pleases you :-) Happy cooking!

A soup hearty delicious and great to use the last of the summer days. A cross between Spainish bean soup and pork with vegetables.

This is a much treasured staple and dish at The American Capitol Building. Championed and tradition in the Senate and House Cafeterias. It's law.