Lentil-Ham Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. meaty ham bone
1 lb. dry lentils (2 1/3 c.)
1 1/2 c. chopped carrots
1 c. chopped onion
1 c. chopped celery
1/4 c. snipped parsley
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. marjoram
1 bay leaf, crushed
7 c. water

Preparation

Put lentils in crock-pot.
Add carrots, onion, celery and parsley.
Stir in salt, marjoram, pepper and bay leaf.
Place ham bone on top.
Add water; cover and cook on low heat for 9 hours. Lift ham bone from soup; remove meat from bone and chop.
Return meat to soup.
Makes 10 servings.