slow cooker lentil and ham soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried lentil
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• 1 cup chopped onions
• 2 cloves garlic minced, always put more garlic since you can't get too much, especially if it's fresh
• 1 1/2 cups diced cook ham. we cooked ours since we purchase unprocessed ham
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano-if yoou like thyme, cheat a little
• 1 large bay leeaf
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. we use a little more since we like a little kick
• 32 ounces chicken broth. use low sodium if you can't get sodium free
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce. use the no sodium added type