Cream of Potato and Ham Soup

Great recipe, all ingredients are usually on hand. I used the end of a bone-in ham and placed it in a crockpot with a cup and a half of water for about 6 hours to make the meat fall off of the bone and get a good stock. Used a fat separator to lean out the broth and added water to get four cups. The "homemade" broth made this absolutely fantastic, was gone in one day. Will do this again with the "ends" of bone-in hams.

I had never made a cream of potato and ham soup before...but it is one of my fav's for sure. I thought it was way harder and more time consuming to make. This recipe is for sure the best homemade version I have ever tasted and my family agrees. I followed the recipe...but I made a tripple batch to share with other family members. I reduced the salt to 1/3 (ish), added some pepper, a little extra cheddar cheese, and to top it off, added some softly fried bacon as well as the ham. Finally, to make it even more delicious and rich, I used half and half milk for half of the milk content. MMMMMMMM.....it is simply to die for. I will be using this recipe often. I hope you enjoy it as well. %u2665

This is a great recipe to use up leftovers from Christmas and Easter. I put onions, garlic and carrots in with ham bone and water..boiled to make broth. I made double batch, so measured out 8 cups of broth, threw in my garlic mashed potatoes that were left over, and made up the difference with cubed potatoes. Since I used ham broth, didn't put in any salt. I did use the garlic powder and pepper suggested...VERY GOOD. Served with leftover rolls... What a way to clean out the frig.

This was a very good soup. I used half ham broth. I also used frozen prepackaged diced potatoes and onions to cut down on the prep time.

Very nice and satisfying soup! I made it as directed except I didnt have any celery..so used a 1/2 tsp of celery seed. This is a keeper! Thanks, CrystalB !