Blender Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dry navy beans
3 medium carrots, sliced
1 meaty ham bone
2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 bay leaf
1 medium onion
2 qt. water

Preparation

Place about 1/3 of the dry beans in a blender container; blend until chopped. Remove; repeat process until all beans are chopped. Place carrots in blender; cover with water.
Blend until coarsely chopped; drain. Combine chopped beans, carrots, 2 quarts water, ham bone, salt, pepper and bay leaf in large kettle. Cover; simmer 3 hours, adding onion the last hour. Remove ham bone and bay leaf. Add about 1/3 of the bean mixture at a time to blender container. Blend at low speed until nearly smooth. Cut ham off bone; add to soup. Serves 8.