Leslie's Ham Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• 8 cups water
• 2.67 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
• 1 ham bone with some meat
• 2 cups lentils
• 2 stalks celery , chopped
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• 1 green bell pepper , chopped
• ½ onion , chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 0.25 teaspoons crushed bay leaf

Instructions

1. 1

   Bring water and chicken bouillon granules to a boil in a stock pot; stir to dissolve bouillon. Place ham bone in boiling broth, reduce heat to medium-low, and stir in lentils. Simmer until lentils begin to soften, about 10 minutes.

2. 2

   Stir celery, carrots, green bell pepper, onion, marjoram, and bay leaf into broth and simmer until lentils and vegetables are tender, 10 to 20 minutes.

3. 3

   Turn off heat and remove ham bone from soup. Cut ham from bone and cube meat. Return meat to soup and discard bone.