Slow Cooker 15 Bean Soup with Ham

This recipe comes from my girlfriend, my partner in crime, the women who put’s up with me! (can I get an amen to that)

Penny.

Ingredients
20 oz. Hurst’sⓇ HamBeensⓇ 15 Bean Soup mix (save ham flavor packet to add at the end of cooking time)
2 cups diced ham (leftover ham works great!)
1 small yellow onion, diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
2 celery stalks, peeled and diced
1 Tbsp. minced garlic
2 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. dried thyme
8 cups water
1 bay leaf

Add these ingredients at the end:
14.5 oz. can Italian flavored diced tomatoes
3 cups chopped kale
1/2 lemon, juiced

Instructions

1. Rinse and sort beans, discarding any debris. Add the beans to the slow cooker. Save the ham flavor packet for after the entire cooking
time is up.

2. Add ham, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, basil, thyme and water. Stir. Add the bay leaf on top of the soup.

3. Cover and cook on HIGH for 6 hour without opening the lid during the cooking time.

4. After the six hour time is up remove the bay leaf. Add the lemon juice, diced tomatoes and chopped kale. Stir. Replace the lid and cook
on HIGH for 20 minutes more.

5. Add the ham flavor packet and stir once more. Serve and enjoy!