Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a simple dish, slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipe. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Works great with a leftover ham bone after the holidays! See cooking tips below the recipe for more info. Full of spice and flavor, great topped with cheese and chips on the side.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta using 23 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta:

1. Take 1 bag dried hurst 15 bean soup mix with seasoning packet
2. Get Optional 👇
3. Take 1 tsp. baking soda plus enough water to soak beans overnight
4. Prepare 2 cups diced ham or 2 to 3 ham hocks
5. Make ready 1 small yellow onion diced
6. Make ready 2 carrots peeled and diced
7. Prepare 2 stalks celery peeled and diced
8. Prepare 1 Tbsp. garlic minced
9. Prepare 1/4 cup butter
10. Take 2 tsp. dried basil
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp. black pepper
12. Get 1 tsp. dried thyme
13. Make ready 1 bay leaf
14. Take 4 cups water
15. Get 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
16. Prepare 1 (14.5 oz) can Italian flavored diced tomatoes or use petite >
17. Get tomatoes with 1 tsp. Italian seasonings mixed in
18. Make ready 1 tsp. salt
19. Take 3 cups chopped kale
20. Make ready 1/2 lemon juiced
21. Make ready 2 tsp. hot sauce
22. Make ready (Optional)1 1/2 cups ditalina pasta
23. Get Shredded Parmesan cheese

This recipe can really feed a crowd. If you have a big family or need to feed a lot of people, this is a very budget friendly meal to make. These vegetarian baked beans are super easy to prepare and cook in the slow cooker. The pintos or kidney beans are soaked overnight, so you'll need to plan to start a day in advance.

Instructions to make Slow cooker 15 bean & ham soup with or without pasta:

1. Place the beans in a colander and sort out any debris, rinse beans and either add to slow cooker or to a pot and cover with water and add 1 teaspoon baking soda and let it sit overnight it's optional but i prefer it.
2. If you soaked the beans give them a quick rinse and add to slow cooker
3. Add in ham, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, butter, basil, thyme, pepper, bay leaf, broth and water
4. Cover slow cooker and don't open lid while cooking. Set on high for 8 hours
5. After 8 hours remove bay leaf and shred ham hocks if used and discard bone and add in tomatoes, hot sauce, kale, salt, lemon juice and pasta if adding. Stir up and cover and cook for 20 more minutes and then stir in flavor packet that was in with the beans. Serve and top with some Parmesan cheese if desired. It's also great with buttered cornbread on the side. Enjoy !

The beans cook in their soaking water. It's the perfect cold weather meal. I love a meal you can toss in the crock pot and let it go for hours, without having to fuss over the pot. We always freeze our leftover ham bones to use in soups like this one. I hope you enjoy this recipe and have a great weekend.

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