Ham & Potato Soup

Ever wonder what to do with ALLLLLL that Ham leftover from Easter dinner?  Well, wonder no more, this soup is AWESOME!!!!

I don't have too many pictures because making the creamy broth made it impossible to grab the camera, since ya know, I only have 2 hands and all.

I loosely followed the recipe, it didn't seem like it was going to make much, so I 'kind of' doubled it.  More like I added however much ham and veggies, salt and pepper, but straight up doubled everything else (water, chicken boullion, flour, butter and milk)  You will see why later :-)

Listed below is roughly how much I used

Ingredients: 

6 1/2 cups Water
Ham-however much you want/have
1/2 bag(5#) of Potatoes, peeled and diced
3-4 decent sized whole Carrots, sliced
3-4 stalks of Celery, sliced
1 bag of frozen Corn
1/4 of a whole Onion, chopped
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
4 packets of Chicken Bouillon (they were 1 Tbsp each)
10 tbsp Butter
10 tbsp Flour
4 cups Milk 






1.) Put Water into stockpot and get boiling.

2.) Peel and slice/dice all veggies, and put veggies and ham into stock pot (potatoes first, then carrots, they take the longest to cook)

3.)  Add Chicken Bouillon, Salt & Pepper 

This part gets tricky, can't multi-task here, must focus on the creamy part of the soup.  Since I have non-stick pans, I can't use metal utensils on them, so had to use a rubber coated whisk.  I don't think it has the same effect as the directions say.

4.) In a separate saucepan, melt down butter

5.) If using Stainless Steel cookware, use a fork. If using non-stick cookware, use a rubber coated whisk or similar item.  Add in flour and mix well.  For me I got this pasty, clumpy mess so I don't know if I did it wrong or what.

6.) Slowly add in Milk to Butter/Flour mixture and mix well as you pour as to not create lumps.  It's like making gravy.

7.) Once all milk is added, continue stirring over low-medium heat until thick

8.)  Immediately pour into stockpot and combine thoroughly. Cook until heated through

9.)  Serve immediately with Ritz crackers....SOOOO YUMMYY!!!!!





Sidenote:  You will probably have leftovers depending on how many people you cook for.  It will turn into a 'solid' form, but put what you want to heat up in a bowl, add some water and mix well.  Heat it up for about a minute, stir again, and continue heating and it should be perfect.