Barbara's Bean Soup

Written by Aunt Brenda

Good ole ham bone...with lots of meat
Water to cover bone...guess...how large a batch
Jewish 4-bean soup mix or vegetable barley... I use 1 of each making a large pot (Maniechevitz) (I put seasoning packets in right away on 4-bean, veg toward the end)
1/2 large onion, diced
Extra barley, about 1/2 to 3/4 cup
1 or 2 pieces of end of celery with leaves (chopped fine)
4 or 5 whole allspice
salt and pepper to taste
Bag of frozen collard greens (or spinach)
2-4 tablespoons vinegar (I just pour, toward the end)
Carrot (optional, you can even dice a potato or two)

Cover ham bone with water. Add onions, celery, salt, pepper, and allspice. Simmer a good hour.

I remove the ham bone, cool and chop ham. Put back in pot, then add the soup mixtures.

Read directions. It takes a couple of hours for the bean soup.

Add the barley and vinegar, collard greens toward the end.

Enjoy!

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I am Brenda Shoop and I am Aunt Bytes' very own resident nurse. I hold a bachelors in nursing from The University of South Alabama. I worked in health care for 20 years before "abandoning the ship." I have experience in emergency, trauma, pediatrics, internal medicine, cardiology, and holistic care. I am striving to learn as much as I can about how to treat the body so it can heal itself, in the most natural ways possible.

I am connected to The Great Universal Energy Source in the most wonderful and magical way. I see miracles every single day because I have learned how to change my perspective on life in general. We are all connected to the Same Source, and as we become enlightened, we change the course of events around us to reflect our deeper commitment, whether that commitment is to Love, Peace, Mercy, Greed, Lust, or Selfishness.

What I'm trying to say is that whatever drama is going on around you in your life right now is just a symptom of something you still need to deal with. If you change your patterns, the patterns of those around you will change as well. Much in the same way that if the Earth were to shift position, it would affect all the satellites around it, as well as the moon.

So, don't be afraid to shift positions now and again. Just try a new one on for size and see how it fits. You can always change your mind later, you know.

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