Ham and Vege Soup

This would have to be one of the easiest and heartwarming soups to make. Cheap too - and have either as lunch or dinner on a cold winter's day.

This is made in 2 steps in the pressure cooker.

Ingredients:

• smoked ham hock (from butcher, supermarket or deli - use ham or bacon bones if not available - go whatever is cheapest)
• 2 sticks celery
• 2 brown onions
• 1 cup dried green peas
• 1 cup dried bortolli beans or dried soup mix
• 1 large carrot
• 4 cups chicken stock

Step 1:
In the pressure cooker, place ham hock, the heads of the celery sticks and 1 cup of stock, 1 cup of water. Run for a soup cycle.

Step 2:
Remove the ham hock from the cooker - remove all meat from the bone/s. Remove the celery from the stock in the cooker. Add back the chopped up meat, bones (yes, put them back in), chopped celery, onion, carrot, dried peas and beans, and the remainder of the stock.  Run for another soup cycle.

Remove bones.

Store in fridge.

Notes:
if the soup is too runny, add more beans and put on for another cycle. If soup is too thick, add more water.