Lentil and ham soup

I got tired of eating leftover christmas ham and didn’t really want to go the high fat ham salad route, so I raided the pantry and came up with this.  It’s healthy--low fat and high protein, but it tastes better than most healthy food. Lentils cook scary fast so you could probably also do this in about a half hour on the stove as well.  Serve with a salad and bread sticks.

Lentil Ham soup

Ingredients
3 cups vegetable or chicken broth
3 cups water
1 onion cut into thin wedges
1 1/2 cup sliced celery
1 1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots
1 cup dry lentils
1 1/2 cups diced ham
2 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp rosemary
1 cup frozen corn
3 cups shredded spinach
shaved parmesan cheese

Directions
Throw the first nine ingredients into a crockpot. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or 3 1/2-4 hours on high (estimated).

Stir in the corn about 1/2 hour before serving.  Immediately before serving, stir in the spinach.  Garnish with Parmesan if you have it. 

Posted by Mike on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 04:32 PM
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