For this potato soup to be cooked within one hour, Chop leftover ham and freeze in Ziploc bag flat. It can be easier to break a piece and add to the food as needed. This soup feeds our family of 5 with 2 cups of soup leftover. Every one eats about 2 cups of soup for dinner. The broth should be made in advance. I make homemade bone broth using bones I keep in the freezer until I have enough. I can my broth. Boil the eggs while you peel the potatoes.

This soup cost pennies per serving with the ingredients purchased on sale. $0.44 for the 7 potatoes ( I purchased the potatoes on sale for $0.88/5lbs bag. The bag contains about 15 potatoes), $0.48 for the eggs (purchased on sale), $0.25 for 2 hot dogs (I purchased 3 lbs. Wieners at Aldi for $2.99. The bag has 24 hot dogs in it. That is $0.12/hot dog), about $0.25 for the leftover ham (I purchased bone in ham on sale at $0.99/lb.) and the salt. The onion came for my garden. The bone broth was made from bones I collect from baking meat. I am not pricing what I made from scratch or grow in my garden. I don’t price my labor as feeding ourselves is not a job we get paid for. The egg, ham, and hot dog potato soup cost me $1.42. That is $0.24 per serving (6 servings with 2 cups per serving).

Ingredients:

7 Potatoes, peeled, rinsed, and cubed

1.5 Quarts Homemade Bone Broth

12 Hard Boiled Eggs

½ cup chopped Cooked Ham

2 Hot Dogs chopped

½ Cup Chopped Green Onion (I use Egyptian Onion)

Salt to taste

 

Directions:

Add the eggs to a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes and turn the stove off. Cover the pot with a lid.

Peel the potatoes and rinse them. Cube or quarter them.

Add the potatoes to a pot and cover with the broth.

Salt it to taste.

Cover the pot with a lid and bring to a boil on the stove On high heat.

Reduce the heat to medium and cover the pot with a lid.

While the potato boils, drain the eggs and remove the shell. Rinse the eggs and chop.

To the chopped eggs, add the chopped hot dog, and chopped onion.

Once the potato is soft, add the ham. Let it boil for a minute with a lid over the pot.

Add the eggs, hot dog, and onion.

Let it boil for about 3 minutes covered.

Turn the stove off. Remove the lid off the pot and serve the soup.