"The soup was made with 4 cups of leftover mash potatoes from Thanksgiving. I used dry Navy Beans whiched were soaked over night. Because of my busy day I had to use of crockpot to cook the beans and ham together. Added the rest of the ingredients approx three hours later. I thought that the soup was ok but my biggest food critic which is my daughter liked it. However she thought that the beans were too crunchy. If there is a next time I will not use dry beans but Great Northern Beans from a can or jar. I also put hot sauce in my bowl of soup which I thought helped.