New Year's Day Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 cup diced smoked ham
• 1 cup cubed chicken breast, cooked in
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cups celery ribs, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 zucchini, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black-eyed peas, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can sweet whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 cups of chopped fresh spinach
• 1/2 cup of chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook the chicken until no longer pink in the olive oil in a heavy stock pot.
• 2 add ham, celery, onion, garlic, bell pepper, and carrots. sauté over medium heat until the vegetables are tender.
• 3 stir in the black eye peas, corn, chicken broth, stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, and tomato sauce. bring to boil, cover and reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• 4 stir in 1 1/2 cups of spinach, the zucchini, and the parsley. add the pepper and simmer for 20 minutes more or until the zucchini is tender.
• 5 garnish with more chopped fresh spinach, if desired.