Old-Fashioned Lentil Soup

A ham bone enriches this soup

Ingredients:

1 ham bone

6 cups water

1 1/4 Dried lentils (from a 1-lb package)

4 medium-size carrots, pared and sliced

1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)

2 tea spoons salt or to taste

1 teaspoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon pepper or to taste

1 bay leaf

1. Soak the beans overnight
2. Combine ham bone, water, lentils, carrots, onion, salt,sugar,pepper and bay leaf in kettle; cover; bring to bring boiling; simmer for 1 hour, or until the lentils are tender.
3. Take out the ham bone; strip of meat and add to the soup. Remove bay leaf.
4. Ladle soup in bowl and serve.  Makes 6 servings.

Recipe from a cookbook "The Family Circle Cookbook"