Easter Ham Vegetable Soup and Jiffy Skillet Cornbread

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Kelly C. Murray

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I baked a ham for my family’s Easter supper and I had a lot of left-overs! I love left-overs and I love to think of creative ways to “reinvent” them. I decided to use the ham and bone to flavor a pot of vegetable soup. I know, vegetable soup isn't exactly Spring food but it was still a little cool here in South Carolina so I got away with it. The soup turned out great and we liked it better with the ham than the usual hamburger or beef stew meat. I used frozen and canned veggies and a carton of beef stock to make it extra easy!! I love easy, simple and quick  BUT it has to taste delicious and homemade.This soup was exactly that! Served with my Jiffy Skillet Cornbread, it was a hearty meal that we all enjoyed.

Easy Ham Vegetable Soup

Small ham with bone(if you don’t have any left-overs)

1-32 ounce carton of beef stock

1- 32 ounce can of stewed tomatoes

1- 5 ounce can of tomato sauce

I  large bag of frozen vegetables for vegetable soup

I small bag of frozen okra if your bag of frozen vegetables doesn’t contain any

Now here’s the easy part….throw everything in the pot and bring to a boil. If the soup seems too thick, add a cup of water. Reduce heat and simmer for about 30 minutes and that’s it! If you aren’t using left-over ham, you will need to cook your soup longer, perhaps all day to give the ham time to get nice and tender. When the soup is ready, use a fork to pull ham from the bone and stir the ham pieces back into the soup.

*Serve  the soup over rice(if you like), a big wedge of Jiffy Skillet Cornbread on the side and sweet tea! Now you can’t get any more Southern and comforting than that!

Jiffy Skillet Cornbread

Melt a half to a whole stick of butter(I usually use a whole, yep I will admit it) in a cast iron skillet in the oven. While the butter is melting, mix the cornbread according to the package directions. Pour over melted butter and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

This will be the best cornbread you’ve ever had! Crispy, crunchy, buttery edges and moist center…oh my mouth is watering just thinking about it!

I hope you and your family will enjoy this homey, comforting soup as much as my family did!