DH loves split pea, so I will make it for him though I cannot stand it, not even the smell of it.

Lentil? Do you consider that a bean?

If you have enough ham, try scalloped potatoes with it. Of course the bone is not being used. Do you personally have a dislike for bean soup of any kind? I like to make the 5 bean soup which comes with seasoning. And any bean soup is twice as good the next day.....far better than just off the stove.

I'm not crazy about bean or pea soups either so I'd use it in a potato/vegie soup. Or try a cauliflower/kale soup (traditionally with Italian sausage) and use the ham/bone in that. Soups are very forgiving so I rarely use a recipe and just wing it. Low sodium stocks, canned diced tomatoes, barley, dried shitake mushrooms and a stick blender - always on hand for soup.

Soup made from cabbage, small new potatoes, and ham/ham bone to flavor is one of our favorites.

Okay good - yes I saw some recipes with potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes and that kind of thing so I will take a closer look at those. I don't mind a few beans thrown in with other stuff like great northern beans for example. It's the full blown bean or split pea soup that just about makes me gag.

Not really a soup, but do you think you might like red beans and rice? The ham bone is used for stock to cook the beans, which are more or less a sauce for the rice. I use loads of celery, onion, & green pepper with the ham & beans & will even throw in frozen kale or collards or grated carrots to beef up the veggie content. And we serve it on brown rice.

Mmmmm, think I'll make some for the blizzard tonight.

We love this Broccoli Ham and Cheddar Soup. Does this sound like something that might appeal to you and your family?

I usually double or even quadruple the recipe as it freezes well. I use home made broth rather than a bullion cube though.

As the recipe notes, it's very flexible in the amounts of ham, mushroom and broccoli you can add so if you have a lot of ham go ahead and throw in extra.

Here is a link that might be useful: Broccoli Ham and Cheddar Soup

awm, I do like red beans and rice - that's a good idea. deedee - that soup sounds great but I think it might be a little rich and cheesy for DH's taste.

Do you/DH like cabbage? My Mom would boil the bone with cabbage(shredded, but not finely), and small new potatoes. I think she used beef stock(can), giving more flavor to the broth. Salt/pepper to your taste.

This isn't a 'soupy' soup, more like chunky, but very tasty.

I made red beans and rice from a ham bone tonight. I always use the recipe from Emeril's book Louisiana Real and Rustic. Perfect with homemade French bread to sop up the liquid. One of our favs!

This post was edited by cooperbailey on Fri, Jan 3, 14 at 0:09

I totally forgot about a good potato soup. Or cream corn. Soups are a given during our winter.

gibby, "a little rich and cheesy" ... why, that's just how I like my men and my soup. :)

Thought I would share the recipe for the soup I finally ended up making with the ham bone. It was much better than I expected. I will make it again likely with ham hock as called for in the recipe since I rarely have a whole ham around.

Here is a link that might be useful: Soup recipe