This turned out great. Just like MUSIC_MINX, I boiled the navy beans twice and discarded the water. Also, I used a ham hock, since I reduced the serving size to 4. I’ll be making this again. Beans are so good for you! Thanks for the recipe, Pat.

Very good. The taste improves with age...so let it set a day in frig then reheat.

Best Bean Soup! I love making all different soups but this is a classic - you will Love it and so will your family. I cut up ham steaks if I don't have ham around. Thanks for sharing!!!

I know it's "bean" soup but I thought there were too many beans in it. Or not enough other stuff. I would definately double the vegies. Otherwise good.

We made the stock with the ham bone, onion, carrots,celery and peppercorns. (then disdarded) the rest of the recipe we followed. This was a big hit, my dad( a big Campbells Bean & Bacon fan said it was even better) A MUST add to the recipe box, thanks

I thought this was wonderful, however, I did replace 1/2 the water with chicken stock. I also mashed some of the soup with a potato masher to thicken it a bit. Very good!!

Was very good. I pureed a cup and a half of the soup mixture and added ketchup like a previous review suggested. Turned out very good.

This soup turned out very flavorful. I did replace about half the water with vegetable broth. I also added a little dry mustard, marjoram and fresh thyme. My boyfriend kept raving about the soup. I definitely need to make this again soon!

I took some of the other reviewer's suggestions and doubled the veggies, pureed some of the beans and added them back in after they were cooked and did not use the bay leaf. I used 4 cups chicken broth and then 3 cups water and I think it came out pretty good! My only problem was that I soaked the beans overnight, then cooked them all day on low in the crockpot and they still were not done in time for dinner. We had to cook them on high for several hours and then put them back in on low the next day and on the second day they were finally done. I think next time I'd either start off cooking them on high and then switch over to low or use the baking soda method others used.

I have made this soup a couple of times now and almost everyone always loves it. I only gave it 4* because I changed a few things: used 5 cups chicken broth and enough water to cover beans, used mixture of Great Northern, Pinto and Kidney beans (soaked overnight); omitted the salt and onions, used 2 cups each carrots and celery, added 1 can diced tomatoes, added 2 T. of minced garlic, 1 tsp. of liquid smoke and 2 bay leaves. I also just threw everything in the pot, brought it to a boil over medium heat, reduced the heat and simmered for 6 hours. Right before serving I stirred in about 1/2 cup instant potato flakes to thicken it up a bit. With these changes its a great soup. Also keeps well. Thanks for posting and to all the other reviewers for their suggestions.

Very Good! Reminded me of my Mom's bean soup. Will make again.

Doubled the recipe for this soup, which was very good. Kinda messed up my measurements which mostly went by my taste. Had a huge hambone with lots of meat, tried the baking soda trick, that was cool! Doubled up the veggies and added no salt, just boullion powder to taste and pepper. I made the extra to freeze for lazy days. I wouldn't have minded some tomatoes or tomato sauce but loved this soup. Served with beer bread from this site. Nice wintertime meal.

This was excellent and filling. I did add chicken broth instead of water, and I let it cook longer at a low heat. Even my VERY picky son loved it!

This was awesome! I ended up adding a can of ckn broth for more liquid since some evaporated and it was excellent! I needed to use some leftover honey baked ham and this was perfect.

This was excellent! I like my soup sweet, so I added a bit of brown sugar and ketchup. Yummy! Great flavor even without my additions! My husband loved it as well.

I tried this recipe and I am sure it would have been fantastic but...I tried another reviewers tip and added the baking soda to the beans after they boiled. I thought I followed the directions but I dont think I rinsed the beans well enough after adding the baking soda. My soup turned out extremely salty! It ruined it. I think this was my mistake so rinse rinse and rinse again so you dont make the same mistake I did and ruin a good pot of soup!!

Barb Maxwell, you are a genius! I have never, EVER had any luck cooking with dried beans, but that baking soda trick works! DH loves Campbell's Bean & Bacon soup, and this is very close (personally, I thought it was better, but maybe that's because I made it...?). I added a couple cubes of chicken broth to up the flavor. Yum!!!