great northern bean n ham soup / crock pot

Ingredients For great northern bean n ham soup / crock pot

• 2 lb

  dry northern beans
• 1

  hambone w/ meat or 2 ham hocks
• extra

  ham, chopped of not a lot on your bone or hocks ( i didn't have a lot of ham on my bone, so added cubed ham i had in the freezer)
• 2

  carrots, sliced
• 2

  sweet onions, chopped
• 2 stalk

  celery, sliced
• 6 clove

  garlic, sliced
• 2

  bay leaves
• 1/2 - 1 Tbsp

  dried thyme
• 1 tsp

  pepper
• 1 tsp

  onion powder
• 2 Tbsp

  chopped parsley
• 1/2 tsp

  ground cloves
• 6 c

  chicken broth
• 5 c

  water
• 2 Tbsp

  chicken bouillon paste
• taste

  before adding salt at the end