Healthy Diet at Home

Here in Utah, the weather has been fickle this past summer. Temps have reached unusual highs for days at a time, but it has also rained a lot. While the weather hasn't been cold enough to make a pot of soup yet, this green bean and ham crockpot recipe can be served as a side dish by using a slotted spoon to scoop out the good stuff. That way you don't have to wait for soup weather. If you choose to serve it as a side dish, don't forget to add a pat of butter to the top of your serving. Yummie stuff! Green Bean and Ham Soup (Crockpot Recipe) Most of the time, I make this using raw bacon end pieces instead of ham because we are partial to the Sugardale brand of ham, and stores in our area do not carry it as often as we would like. Usually, it just shows up during holidays, such as Mother's Day or Easter. We did find a pile of Sugardale ham steaks at LoLo's. That's a relatively new store around here that is managed by the original Food4Less folks, and owned by Ri...