Ham And Vegetable Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 picnic ham bone with generous amount ham still on bone (spiral hams work great!)
1 large yellow onion, coarsely chopped
4 cloves fresh minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste
2 to 3 cans stewed tomatoes
1 pkg. frozen corn
1 box frozen okra
1 can green beans
1 to 2 cans sliced new potatoes
1 to 2 c. chopped fresh carrots
2 tsp. Morton Nature's Seasons

Preparation

Place ham bone, chopped onion, minced garlic and salt and pepper in large stock pot and cover with water.
Cover and simmer 2 to 3 hours until meat falls from bone.
Remove bone and meat from stock.
Allow meat to cool, then remove all fat, gristle and return only lean ham meat to soup stock.
Add tomatoes to stock and simmer approximately 1/2 hour.
Add remaining ingredients and simmer approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour.
May adjust garlic and other seasonings to taste.
May adjust choice of vegetables to taste.