Last week I bought a bag 'Frontier Soups' 11 bean soup mix and it's simmering
away on the stove as I write. The bag came with a recipe which I've followed
and even though not completely done, it's shaping up to be quite good.

Their recipe called for a ham hock, 29 ounce can of Italian plum tomatoes, cut
up; diced onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic, and 12 cups of water. All I had was the large can of petite diced tomatoes so in it went after simmering for
three hours. At that time I fished out the two sliced ham hocks, and added the other requirements along with two 8-ounce packages of diced ham and one 8-ounce package of cubed ham. I thought I had grabbed two packages of cubed ham but no
matter; the ham hock went back in too, after picking off the fat and discarding
the bones.

The recipe on the package called for smoked Kielbasa and chicken breast
pieces but I decided to stick with all ham. Package proclaims it to be gluten
free for those interested.

www.frontiersoups.com