Squeeky wheels get the grease -

Potatoes
1 medium onion
milk
water
2 large ham hocks
cheese (optional)
salt and pepper
Instant mashed potatoes

Peel and dice the potatoes, rinse and put in crockpot. Chop onion and add to potatoes. Add Ham hocks.
I mix half milk and half water, enough to cover the ingredients. Season to taste. Set timer to low (7 - 8 hours) If you need it sooner
you can set it to high. (4 hours) But on low the flavor cooks in better.

Once the potatoes are done you can remove the ham hocks and cut them up, removing the skin and fat. Adding the meat back to the soup. You can cut up the ham hocks before you add them and remove the skins and fat if you want to. But that also takes away some of the flavor.
If some of the liquid had boiled away add milk (or water). Then slowly mix the instant potatoes into the soup, adding just enough to thicken it to the consistancy you desire. Now is when you would add the cheese, I use shredded cheddar and I just add about a good handful. But you can add as much as you want. Let it cook about 10 minutes more, stirring to make sure the cheese melts. Shut if off and dig in. One great thing is it also makes fantastic left overs, because it just gets better each time you warm it up.

Enjoy

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