Slowcooker Ham and Lentil Stew

    Ingredients

•  2 1/3 cups dried lentils   
• 1 1/2 cups chopped carrots
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram, crushed
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 ham bone
• 4 cups cubed ham
• 7 cups water
• 28 oz. can diced or whole tomatoes, cut up

Directions

1. Place lentils in the crock pot. Add carrots, onion, celery, mushrooms, diced ham and parsley. Stir in salt, marjoram, pepper, and bay leaf. 
2. Add tomatoes and place ham bone on top. 
3. Add 7 cups of water. Cover and cook on low heat setting for 9-11 hours. Lift ham bone from soup. Remove meat from the bone and return the meat to the soup. Discard bone. Season with salt to taste and remove bay leaf before serving.