Harvest Bean Soup6 Servings

Ingredients

• 12 lb dry Great Northern beans or navy beans
• 3 12 c water
• 4 oz fully cooked ham or fully cooked lean turkey sausage cut into bite size pieces
• 2 medium carrots chopped
• 1 medium potato unpeeled chopped
• 12 c chopped onion
• 1 tsp salt
• 12 tsp dried oregano crushed
• 14 tsp dried sage crushed
• 14 tsp pepper
• 2 c milk

Directions

1. Rinse beans
2. In a 4-quart Dutch oven or large saucepan combine beans and enough water to cover
3. Bring to boiling Reduce heat simmer for 2 minutes
4. Remove from heat
5. Cover let stand for 1 hour or cover beans with water and soak overnight Drain off the water
6. Rinse and return the beans to the Dutch oven
7. Stir in in 3 12 cups water the pieces of ham or sausage chopped carrots chopped potato chopped onion salt oregano sage and pepper
8. Bring to boiling reduce heat
9. Cover and simmer for 2 to 2 12 hours or until beans are tender adding more water if necessary
10. Stir milk into the bean soup
11. Cook the soup until heated through stirring the mixture occasionally as it heats
12. Season the soup mixture to taste with salt and pepper if you like