heres a very simple and delicious recipe for some ham, cauliflower and potato soup:
EASY AND DELICIOUS HAM AND POTATO SOUP
Prep - 20 min Cook - 20 min Ready In - 40 min
Ingredients:
3 1/2 cups peeled and diced potatoes
1 cup diced cauliflower
1 cup frozen corn
3/4 cup diced cooked ham
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
1/3 cup diced celery
3 cloves garlic, diced
4 cups water, or as needed to cover
2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon ground white pepper
5 tablespoons butter
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
Directions:
1. Combine potatoes, cauliflower, corn, cooked ham, onion, celery, and garlic in a large soup pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and cook until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir chicken bouillon, salt, and white pepper into mixture.
2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; whisk in flour to make a paste. Cook for 1 minute and gradually whisk milk into flour mixture until smooth. Continue cooking until thick, 4 to 5 minutes, whisking often.
3. Stir milk mixture into soup and cook until heated through, 5 to 10 minutes.
I actually used the ham bones from the green hams that I cured and smoked this last summer and made a ham stock and used that instead of the chix bouillon and water.