Soup starter blends make it easy and convenient to prepare homemade soups customized with your favorite ingredients as desired. Packed with fiber, protein, magnesium, and potassium--beans and other legumes are excellent building blocks for nutritious eating and tastes even better with an addition of your favorite meats, in season vegetables and spices!

Holiday Soup Starter Blend can be used to make a hearty helping big enough to feed a holiday crowd but is also a delicious meal that can be served year round! Green split peas, yellow split peas, red kidney beans, lima beans, blackeye beans, lentils, great northern beans, pinto beans, black turtle beans and pearled barley come together to make this healthy soup so full of color it will make a festive addition to any table.

Ingredients: Green Split Peas, Light Red Kidney Beans, Baby Limas, Black Eyed Peas, Large Lima Beans, Lentils, Great Northern Beans, Pinto Beans, Split Peas, Black Beans, Pearled Barley.

Ham Recipe (Makes 4-6 servings)

1 cup Holiday Soup Blend
1 quart water
1 ham hock
½ c. diced onions
1-12 oz. can diced tomatoes
½ Tbsp. chili powder
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
¼ tsp. black pepper
½ tsp. salt – more or less to taste

Wash beans, place into a plastic container and cover with 2 cups of water to let soak in the refrigerator overnight. Drain beans and place in a heavy pot or slow cooker. Add 1 quart water and all the other ingredients. Simmer for 3-5 hours. Remove the ham hock, take the meat off the bone and add back to soup.

Processed on equipment that also processes: Crustacean Shellfish, Egg, Fish, Milk, Peanut, Soy, Tree Nuts (Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew, Coconut, Filbert (Hazelnut), Macadamia Nut, Pecan, Pine Nut, Pistachio, Walnut) and Wheat.

*No MSG Added except what naturally occurs in meat, cheese, milk, fruit, vegetables and grains. Product information/materials may change.