Elsie's Spinach Or "burning Weed" Soup
Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 3 hrs
Ingredients
- 1 ham bone, and leftover ham cut into chunks
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 8 cups water
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 (10 ounce) package chopped spinach, thawed
- 3 potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 cup half-and-half
Recipe
- 1 in a large stockpot, combine ham bone, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, water and pepper. simmer for 1-2 hours to get a nice broth. add more water to keep the level up.
- 2 remove ham bone and add in ham chunks.
- 3 add potatoes and simmer until potatoes are tender.
- 4 add spinach and simmer 15 minutes (or longer).
- 5 add half and half at the very end, close to serving time.
- 6 add salt only if needed. ham usually adds enough saltiness.
- 7 heat through and serve with good bread.
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