Brown Sugar Ham & 15 Bean Chili Soup

Lately, I've been trying to use up fridge leftovers and older things that have been hanging out in my pantry.  (it's all a by-product of tearing up my house while getting new flooring in the kitchen-side of the house)  This time I used the big, leftover brown sugar ham bone/meat from Easter and combined it with a bag of Hurst Beans 15 Bean Chili Soup. 

I made it off the cuff, throwing in this and that.  I added a can of V8 juice, and when the beans were almost done I added some cubed sweet potatoes, onions, a little liquid smoke and a few other leftover veggie bin rejects.  I also added the brown sugar glaze 'jelly' that was remaining in the ham container.  The whole thing had an addicting flavor, similar to baked beans, but with a lot more depth.  Roy and I couldn't get enough of the stuff.  Too bad I won't be able to make it again and get the same flavor.  That's the beauty and the curse of making a ~ Clean Out the Fridge Soup ~ you never really know what you are going to get...and this time the soup was a definite two-thumbs up!  :)