Split Pea Soup
Ten Days of Soup! ~ Sean ~
Earlier in the week I told you about these big ol’ hams they were selling for $.99/lb and that I picked up a nice one of 22 lbs. and put it in the freezer future use. Now we’re a family of four in a new town with no family, so what in the heck are we going to do with a 22 lb ham? Remember Forest Gump, well just replace shrimp with ham. And boy do the kids love the ham. First I carved out the bones and used them in a double batch of Black Eyed Pea Soup for a get together at our new neighbors on New Year’s Day. Then it was ham and cheese sandwiches, er paninis, in our new panini maker. Ham and scrambled eggs for breakfast today. Then another double batch of Black Eyed Pea Soup and a batch of Split Pea Soup today. Even our 5.5 lb Shi Tzu is a beneficiary of the ham extravaganza, he’s working on the bones. Well, at this point, we’re about half way done with the ham, no kidding. I’m thinking some ham fried rice for dinner tomorrow.
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Split Pea Soup
Ingredients
1 (16 ounce) package dried split peas, rinsed
2 cups diced ham
3 carrots, peeled and sliced
1 medium onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, plus leaves, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon seasoning salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh pepper
1 1/2 quarts hot water or chicken stock
Directions
Layer ingredients in crockpot.
Pour in water, so don’t stir.
Cover and cook on high 4-5 hours or on low for 8-10 hours.
Remove Bay leaf.
Would you believe I have never had split pea soup? I know, it’s a shame. I’m going to remedy that this weekend by making this recipe!
Patty used to smother us in split pea soup after Easter – I guess you’ve taken on the family tradition; I feel for you Wanda, Emma & Gannon! I haven’t had it for more than 20 years – I guess it’s time to get over my phobia! ~Mary
This looks great! I LOVE split pea soup, and the crockpot version looks super easy to do. Bonus.
Easy (green) peasy lemon squeazy (not exactly the way I learned it growing up but we’re much more PC today). Was that my pic (of the soup not the dog, he’s not so easy to photograph)? Dang, pretty good if I do say so myself.
So, this was a while back and guess what, the local store had hams on sale for, you guessed it, $.99/lb last weekend. This time they were in the 10 lb. size so I got two and threw ‘em in the chest freezer along with the other great deals we’ve recently picked up.
Cute picture of Maverick! Can he even drag that big bone?
I see you’re discovering some of the wonderful markets in Seattle!
Crock pot soup sounds great!
Really nice soup and the color is beautiful. It definitely needs some ham. I just remembered now, I do have some smoked ham in the freezer. Better make this soon.
Made this last night. Thanks for the great (and incredibly easy!) recipe. We all enjoyed it.