Navy Bean N Ham Soup

Ingredients

• cup dry navy beans
• cup water
• cup chicken stock or broth
• pound ham butt, or large ham bone
• cup chopped celery with leaves
• large - onion, chopped
• carrots, chopped
• bay leaves
• teaspoon italian seasoning
• teaspoon black pepper
• teaspoon chicken or ham, better than buillon soup base - or 1 buillon cube - for
• salt - to taste at the end of cooking