Spicy Ham and Potato Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 diced onion
• oil/butter to coat pot
• 4 peeled and diced potatoes
• 1 bag of frozen green beans
• 4 cups chicken broth***
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 2 cups milk
• 2 TB cornstarch
• 2 cups diced ham

Directions:

Heat oil in soup pot over medium heat adid sauté onion until soft. Add potatoes, green beans, chicken broth, pepper and basil and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes until potatoes are tender. Mix cornstarch with a little bit of milk until well blended add this mixture and rest of miok to pot along with the ham. Cook 5 minutes until heated through and soup thickens.

*** I use Better than Bouillon brand to make the chicken broth.