CREAMY HAM AND BEAN SOUP (GLUTEN FREE)

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This bean soup is thickened with a mash of potatoes, cauliflower, and carrots. Delicious comfort food! It is gluten-free and can be made dairy-free by using olive oil instead of butter and unsweetened soy milk in place of cow's milk. Enjoy!

Provided by mlgarf

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Pork Soup Recipes Ham Soup

Time 55m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 14

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Ingredients

1 Yukon Gold potato, peeled and diced
½ head cauliflower, chopped
12 baby carrots
¼ cup warm milk
1 tablespoon butter, divided
¼ cup diced onion
¼ cup diced celery
½ teaspoon dried thyme
salt and ground black pepper to taste
¾ cup diced ham
1 (14 ounce) can navy beans, undrained
1 cup chicken broth
1 (14 ounce) can navy beans, drained
1 clove garlic

Steps:

Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add potato, cauliflower, and carrots; cover and steam until very tender, about 20 minutes. Transfer potato mixture to a bowl and add milk and 1 1/2 teaspoons butter. Mash with a potato masher or hand mixer until smooth.
Melt 1 1/2 teaspoons butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; saute onion, celery, thyme, salt, and pepper until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add ham and cook and stir until ham is warmed, about 2 more minutes. Stir undrained navy beans and chicken broth into ham mixture, increase heat to high, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer.
Blend drained navy beans and garlic together in a blender until smooth. Stir bean mixture into soup; simmer, stirring often, until soup thickens, about 10 minutes. Stir potato mixture into soup and simmer, stirring often, until thickened, about 5 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 370.2 calories, Carbohydrate 58.3 g, Cholesterol 22.6 mg, Fat 6.5 g, Fiber 13.8 g, Protein 22.1 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 1478.2 mg, Sugar 4.8 g