Harvest Bean Soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb great northern bean
• 4 ounces ham or 4 ounces sausage, cooked
• 1 potato, unpeeled, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sage, crushed
• 2 cups milk
• 3 1/2 cups water
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 rinse beans.
• 2 in a dutch oven combine beans and enough water to cover.
• 3 bring to boiling.
• 4 reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes.
• 5 remove from heat. cover and let stand for 1 hour, or cover beans with water and soak over- night. drain off the water.
• 6 rinse and return the beans to the dutch oven.
• 7 stir in the 3 1/2 cups water, the bite-size pieces of ham or sausage, chopped carrots, potato, onion, salt, oregano, sage and pepper.
• 8 bring to boiling.
• 9 reduce heat. cover and simmer for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or till beans are tender, adding more water, if necessary.
• 10 stir the milk into the bean soup.
• 11 cook the soup until heated through, stirring occasionally.
• 12 season to taste with salt and pepper.