A New Day Bean Soup

12  cups		water
32  ounces		Great Northern beans or navy beans 48 0z.
4  ounces		cubed ham
1/2  cup		chopped onion
1/4  teaspoon		pepper
1  teaspoon		bay leaf
1  cup		carrot, chopped
1  cup		rib celery, chopped or sliced thinly
1  teaspoon		salt
8  ounces		tomato sauce

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Bring water and beans to a boil; boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 1 hour.
Stir in ham, ham bone or hock, pepper, bay leaf, carrot and celery. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer until beans are tender (skim foam from top), about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. If soup is too thick, add a little water.
Remove ham bone or ham hock (if used) and trim meat from bone. Return meat to soup with tomato sauce and salt; simmer for about 15 minutes longer. Remove bay leaf.
Ham and bean soup serves 6.