Crock Pot Ham and Beans

This is cheap eating at its best. Really good food for scraping by at the end of the month when your cash gets low.

Ingredients

• 1 lb. dried great northern beans or any other beans of your choice, including mixed beans
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• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped coarsely
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 1 Tbsp. chopped parsley
• 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
• 1 lb. smoked ham or ham hocks (I use packaged diced ham)
• 6 cups water or broth

Directions

Sort beans overnight with enough water to cover them or, you may sort them and place in a saucepan with 2-inches of water to cover. Bring to a boil; boil for 3 minutes, then cover and remove from heat. Allow to sit for one hour after boiling, but don't lift the lid. Whichever method you use, rinse and drain the beans before placing them in the crock pot.

Put the rinsed beans, garlic, onion, salt, pepper, parsley, cloves, ham or ham hocks into the crock pot along with 6 cups of water or broth. Cover crock, and cook on LOW for about 8 hours, or until beans are tender. Skim any excess fat, if necessary, before serving.

Serves: 4

By Connie from Cotter, AR