{"id":16558,"date":"2015-01-26T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=16558"},"modified":"2019-10-28T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T21:05:26","slug":"white-bean-soup-with-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=16558","title":{"rendered":"White Bean Soup with Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t you love having a leftover ham bone to cook!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ya, know what I love about buying a ham, baking it, glazing it, slicing it and eating it? Well, it’s the bone that is left over.<\/p>\n

A couple of weeks ago we had dinner at a friend’s house and she made a great white bean soup. That got me thinking about a bean soup I use to make years ago; so I decided to dig out my old recipe, dust it off and use that ham bone for something other than just a pot of beans. For my recipe I use to add chopped fresh tomatoes but this time I added a can of Rotel and we really liked the results.<\/p>\n

After any “ham holiday” I always wrap my bone (I leave a lot of meat on it) and throw it in the freezer. Then one day when I’m cleaning out my freezer I find this wonderful gift wrapped piece of meat.<\/p>\n

Normally a ham bone always meant a pot of beans. But, many years ago I took a class where we made bean soup. Wow, I thought, something added to that pot of beans makes a delicious soup and this has become my favorite soup to make with a ham bone and I really think I like it better than just a plain old pot of beans.<\/p>\n

I guess you could always throw a ham bone in a pot of split peas, lentils or even black eyed peas; but then you just have a pot of peas. What do you do with your leftover ham bone? And, I hope you don’t say I buy boneless.<\/p>\n

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Something wonderful you can also try is to drizzle your finished bowl of White Bean Soup with a little truffle oil. Serve this with some cornbread or a crusty loaf of Tuscan bread and you will be glad you tried a new recipe for your ham bone.<\/p>\n

BLAST FROM THE PAST: <\/strong><\/span>Honey Jalape\u00f1o Cornbread<\/a> was posted back in June 2012 and you may like it to go with this bowl of soup.<\/p>\n

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