Ham, Split Pea And Black Bean Soup(Merlyn'S Marvelous Medley) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

cooked ham (leftover from baked ham)
1/2 pkg. split peas
1/2 pkg. Cajun black beans and rice
onion
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Leave generous portions of ham on ham bone; cook on low for several hours in water in Dutch oven.
Refrigerate in liquor for 1 or 2 days.
Remove; cut up leftover ham in chunks.
Simmer again in liquor, adding split peas.
After 1 hour, add beans and rice. Cook on low; as mixture thickens, add chunks of onion.
Simmer until soup is soft.
Can be served on noodles or biscuits.