Mom's Senate Bean Soup

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb navy beans
• 12 cups water
• 1 ham bone (some meat attached)
• 2 1/2 cups mashed potatoes
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced

Recipe

• 1 heat navy beans in 12 cups water until boiling. boil for two minutes, then remove from heat, cover and let it stand for one hour.
• 2 add the ham bone, reheat to boiling.
• 3 reduce heat, cover and simmer for two hours.
• 4 stir in all other ingredients and simmer for one more hour.
• 5 remove ham bone and trim the ham from it to return to the soup.
• 6 discard ham bone.