HAM & NAVY BEANS

(Great recipe for crock pot, this one takes awhile and there is plenty for company.)


YOU WILL NEED:

Crock pot
Lg. bowl
Lg. spoon
Can opener
Measuring spoons
Paring knife


INGREDIENTS:

1 bag dried Navy beans or 15 bean mix, soaked over night in a large bowl and covered with water
1 sm. cottage ham
1 bay leaf (optional)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 can (15 oz.) diced tomatoes (plain or seasoned)
1 med. onion, diced
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 ham hock (optional) (gives a nice smokey flavor to the beans)


1.  Rinse beans and put in crock pot, cover with water. Set on high.  (Start early in the morning)

2.  Add diced onion, ham hock and seasonings.

3.  Cook for about four hours then add tomatoes and ham.

4.  Cook for another four or five hours.


SERVES:  1 TO 6


SERVING HINTS:   Corn bread goes well with the ham and beans.  You could also fry potatoes and onions or make dumplings out of your pancake mix.  These are even better the second day.  If you don't have a crock pot you could use a dutch oven (a large pan with lid).  Keep the heat on medium and watch the beans so they don't burn.

You could cut the recipe in half and freeze the other half of the cottage ham, save the other half of the beans for soup.


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