If you like smaller quantities then cut the recipe in half and it'll fit nicely in a 7 quart Crock-Pot.
Slow Cooker Ham, Bean & Potato Soup
2 pounds dry navy OR great northern beans, rinsed
2 large onions, diced
6 celery stalks, diced
8 potatoes, cut into bite size pieces
8 cloves garlic, minced OR 4 tsp. jarred minced garlic
4 large carrots, sliced
2 ham hocks OR 1 ham bone
4 bay leaves
2 T. oregano
16 cups chicken broth (I use water and Knorr seasoning powder)
4 cups chopped ham (I use Sugardale Diced Ham for ease)
Salt & Pepper to taste (usually doesn't need much salt)
Place ingredients except diced ham in Nesco. Cook on medium high for 6 hours or until beans are soft. Stir often. Remove ham hock or bone. Pick meat from bone. Use immersion blender to cream the soup a bit leaving plenty of vegetable chunks. Add all ham to soup, season with salt and pepper, serve warm. This soup really holds its heat.
Serve this up on a cold and snowy evening or do what I do and annoy my family with soup in the summer. Any time of year it tastes great.
