White Bean Soup

Recipes Ingredients:

1 lb Navy beans; dry
3 qt Water
1 ea Ham bone or hock; smoked
2 tb Parsley; chopped
1 c Onions; finely chopped
1 ea Garlic; clove, minced
2 c Celery &tops; finely chopped 1
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Pepper

Recipe Instructions:

Cover beans with water in large pot or Soup Kettle and soak overnight. Rinse beans well and return to pot with Ham bone and 3 quarts of water. Simmer, uncovered, for 2 hours. Add parsley, onions, garlic, celery and tops, salt and pepper. Simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour or until Vegetables are tender. Remove Ham bone, dice the meat, and add Meat to soup. Serve hot.