Ham And Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 to 1 lb. Great Northern dried beans
3 qt. water
1 ham bone with meat attached plus extra ham, cubed
1 c. chopped celery
2 c. diced potatoes
1 medium onion, chopped fine or grated
3 sliced carrots
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 lb. can stewed tomatoes
1 lb. can diced tomatoes

Preparation

Pick over dried beans and discard any ones that look bad, usually none.
Cover beans with water; bring to a boil.
Turn off. Cover and soak for about 2 hours.
Pour off all liquid.
Add 3 quarts of water and ham bone.
Simmer for about 2 hours until beans are almost tender (al dente).
Add other ingredients and simmer 2 more hours or longer, until the vegetables and beans are tender.