I love soups, all kinds of soups. I can eat them all year round, even in the heat of the summer, and I love making leftovers into a bowl of hearty goodness.
For me all holidays provide an opportunity to make a great soup from leftovers. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and even the 4th of July all lend themselves to delicious soups that can continue to feed your family throughout the next week with minimal effort.
We hosted Easter this year and I purposely bought a ham a little larger than we needed so we could use it for leftovers and more importantly, Ham Bone Soup.
I’m going to preface this by saying that I had never made Ham Bone Soup before – or any type of bone soup really. My husband made a bone broth last year but that process was a bit different and he wanted to try it for the health benefits people claim to receive from bone broth. I wanted to make Ham Bone Soup because I love trying new things and I love seeing how I can make them work for my lifestyle instead of just recreating a recipe someone else made. I also knew it would be fairly easy to make this soup delicious in a crock pot.
I wanted to use my Ham Bone Soup as a way of squeezing in more vegetables because I can never get enough of them. Apparently there are usually beans in Ham Bone Soup, but I decided not to use them and instead use some vegetables that you might not think of when you think of the traditional Ham Bone Soup recipes. Check out the whole recipe below.
Slow Cooker Vegetable Ham Bone Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 leftover ham bone with meat still on it. (If you don’t want to use ham on the bone you can also try this with any leftover ham.)
- 32 oz. of chicken broth
- 8 red potatoes, chopped
- 1 white onion, diced
- 1 bag of frozen corn
- 1 bag of frozen peas
- 4 cups of spinach and/or kale
- A handful of parsley
- Pepper to taste
Steps:
1. Slice any excess meat off your ham bone and chop it into bite-able pieces. You don’t have to get too close to the bone because that meat will fall off in cooking, but anything that might still look like it could be used for a sandwich remove and chop.
2. Add your ham bone and extra meat to your crock pot. Add in your chicken broth. I use regular chicken broth because I prefer it. You can use unsalted but I always find I’m adding salt back in when I use unsalted. Plus the honey and brown sugar on our ham (We had a Honey Baked Ham) and the salt combined to make a beautiful flavor.
3. Add in your chopped potatoes and onions.
4. Set your crock pot on low and cook for 8-10 hours. Add in your corn halfway through. If you aren’t home you can dump it in with the potatoes.
5. Add in your peas about a half hour before the soup is done. If you add them too early, I think they will get too mushy and fall apart on you.
6. When it’s done, remove the bone and any large pieces that may have broken off. The meat left on it should have just fallen off. Shred any larger pieces.
7. Add in your spinach or kale. The heat of the soup will cook it perfectly. You can add both if you have them. I added spinach the first day and then kale later in the week.
8. Top with ground, black pepper as desired and serve.
This is one recipe the whole family will love. Mine did – even my son who doesn’t believe in eating loved the broth. The whole dish is hearty, flavorful and filling. I hope you enjoy it.
Happy eating, friends.
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That soup sounds so good. I will pin this so I can make it in the fall when we start eating soup again 🙂
Wonderful!
I’ve never made this kind of soup before either but it sounds very yummy. Next time I make ham I will have to remember to create this soup too.
This looks so yummy! We haven’t seen sun in Seattle in oh-so-long and it’s definitely soup weather!
This looks delicious. I love that you can use frozen vegetables. Always good to know a new soup recipe.
I love how easy this looks to make! I’ll have to make this for my son. He loves ham!
I love soup with ham. My grandmother used to make something similar to yours, which makes me want to try yours soon!
This soup looks so delicious. I love the light broth and the mix of corn and spinach.
I can’t wait to try this, it looks so fresh and delicious! my ids are obsessed with ham too so it will be a double win!
I love soup. This looks delicious, and I bet would be a huge hit with my family. Would love to give this a try, and make it for them after a nice ham dinner!
This sounds so yummy! 🙂 I wonder if I could do it in the instant pot instead!?
This is the kind of food that my kids will love! I think it’s awesome and it’s definitely something that I can do with the left overs at home.
Oh my goodness this soup looks absolutely delicious and sounds amazing!
I love using my crockpot–especially for making soups! Thanks for the inspiration, I think my husband would love this!
This looks like a delicious and healthy recipe. I’m super intrigured that it has corn in it, I feel like that’s a super ingredient!
This looks so delicious! I love a good crock pot soup recipe!!
Wow! This looks like such a fabulous recipe, I pinned it to try…YUM!!!
So I know what’s landing on our dinner menu soon! Yum. I’m drooling over here!
I’m a huge soup lover too! This is a great recipe to use. We throw away so much leftovers in our house and I need to come up with more ways to eat them!
This is so weird, I actually saw this on Pinterest and pinned it already! I can’t wait to try this out…it also looks semi healthy and like something you could make paleo, too!
Oh this couldn’t look any more delicious than it does! It’s a cold day here so I would love that!
This looks like an awesome meal for a rainy spring day! I love hot soups!
I’ve never tried ham bone soup, but I love using my croc pot to make meal prep easier.
This sounds delicious and so cozy & comforting! Now I’m kind of wishing it was my job to supply the ham for Easter this year!
With more snow in the forecast, making this is going to make me feel so much better about spring being delayed!
This sounds amazing. Definitely trying it out next time I have a ham!!
This looks so yummy! What a great way to warm up on these last chilly days of early spring. 🙂
This soup looks absolutely delicious! I would have to omit the peas for my family lol but this is definitely going on my list of soups. We LOVE soups!! Thanks for sharing!
I actually don’t eat pork, but I think my mother-in-law would love this! She is making a ham for Easter, so I will have to pass the recipe along to her!
oh YUM! This sounds so delicious, going to be bookmarking this to make it soon!
Yes! This looks wonderful! I’m from Alabama and we love ham and ham bone in soups, greens, and beans. It’s so flavorful!
This is a great idea! May need to try it sometime.
This looks great for the rainy cold Texas weather we are getting! I had actually never thought of parsley in a soup, that is a great addition!
This ham bone soup looks delicious! I usually use mine for ham and bean soup or boiled dinner but, this looks like another great addition. I take out the potatoes for me (If I were doing well on my healthy eating plan – which I’m not right now), and add in another vegetable and healthy perfection!
This soup looks totally delicious and super easy to make. I love to use my slow cooker because I can just throw in all of the meal and go.
I was planning on getting a ham for Easter, and there’s no way we’ll eat it all! This is the perfect way to use up the leftovers. I think I should be able to find some kale and that sounds great to me.
This soup looks absolutely delicious! I need to try it at home! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Amazing….I will borrow your way….of buying slightly more than you need, for a day!
Such a great recipe for after Easter dinner! I’ve really been loving crockpot recipes lately and this one will be great to make.
This looks so comforting! I’m loving those big potato chunks!
My Grandmother used to make a white bean and ham bone soup. It was always our favorite comfort food! This looks just as yummy!
Oh this looks so delicious! Hearty and healthy
Id veto the ham but really enjoy the vegetable soup, it looks delightful and easy to make. Great job.
My father in law would love this. I am going to make it for him!
This soup looks really nourishing! The greens look particularly yummy & I bet it rivals chicken noodle for those who have colds! =) 💕Xo, Evelyn, PathofPresence.com 🦋
Two words YUM-MY! Lol. This sounds incredible. There’s nothing better than a delicious bowl of soup on any day!
Yum!! This looks delicious! Soup is my most favorite food so I’ll definitely add this in
Absolutely incredible, I can almost taste it from the pictures. What a wonderful combination of greens and meat in a simple mix and quantity for the ingredients. This is best served soon for the people at home, they’re gonna love this.
I love making soups and this recipe sounds super delicious! Definitely going to make this for my family!
My Grandmother used to make a white bean and ham bone soup. It was always our favorite comfort food! This looks just as yummy!