Recipe: slow cooker potato and ham soup

[ladyjanelly]

1 pint chicken broth
6-8 chopped red potatoes (enough to fill the broth and stick out a little from the liquid before other ingredients are added)
2 carrots peeled, chopped
2 celery sticks chopped
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups chopped cooked ham
1/2 tsp each: dried parsley, salt, pepper

1 cup shredded cheese (colby jack or mild cheddar)
1 cup whole milk
2 double handfulls of kale, broken up, no stems

Put first set of ingredients into slow cooker and cook for 3 hrs on high.  Lightly smash with a smasher. Add last three ingredients, cook until hot again.  EAT.  Mmmmm