I remembered to start the bread machine early enough to have bread with the soup I simmered all morning:

This was a really tasty potato soup with plenty of ham, onions, garlic and cheese. I melted half a small brick of cheddar in citrated half and half before stirring it in. I chopped a sprig of fresh rosemary really fine and also dropped in a sprig of thyme to flavor this beyond the salt and pepper. There a four nice garlic cloves in it as well as a generous scoop of the better than bouillon roasted garlic flavor goop. Love that stuff! I’ve got chopped chives in there and my bowl has a nice sprinkle of ground red pepper