For a change of pace, I thought I would share last night's dinner with you.
Italian Bean Soup
1 lb mixed beans (I find these are cheaper in bulk. If you buy them in a bag, please throw away any nasty ham flavor packets that are included)
1 box/4 cups or so chicken broth
1 lb bulk Italian sausage, cooked and crumbled
1 or 2 cans Italian-style diced tomatoes (or the equivalent of another kind of tomatoes)
1 large onion, diced
Generous sprinkling of Italian seasoning
Put the beans in your crockpot, pick out any stones or anything, and cover with plenty of water. Leave the crockpot unplugged but soak the beans all night.
The next morning, pour off that water. Add the remaining ingredients, if that doesn't look like enough liquid add a bit of water (you may want to wait on that, things don't dry out in the crock pot as quickly as elsewhere), and cook for a long time on low or not so long on high. Beans being what they are, the cooking time can vary.
Serve with parmesan.
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Hello this is Kraig I'm Tia's freind. This sounds good I have used a ham base instead of a chicken base.
Hi, Kraig. What do you mean by ham base?
Well u can buy ham base like u do chicken base. or a better way is to boil some ham hocks ( pigs feet ) Bring the ham hocks to a boil in large pot then simmer for 4 to 5 hours. you can add whatever spice or veggie u want, (ie. Onions, Peppers, Celary, Carrots anything but Corn.) you are doing this to get aham flavered base. Use this both in cooking and in rehidrating you beans. Kraig
Ah, ok. I have made beef broth and chicken broth and I may have made fish broth at one point but never ham. I will have to keep that in mind. Thanks :-)
just another way not sure what tia has told ya about me, but i am a chef I work at camp Ghormley. I'm thier foodservice director.
man u anser fast.
kraig
Yes, actually, she has raved about you and your cooking :-)
And, yeah, on a slow work day, I am likely to answer fast. Um...don't tell my boss, lol.
what do u do
Tech support. I don't share much more than that online, but if you go through Tia's facebook profile and add me, I'll explain a bit better, lol.
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