If you’re looking to throw something together in just a few minutes then this is the soup for you. When finished at dinner time it is perfectly thick and filling. Look for beef bones with the marrow still intact as it is filled with amazing amounts of minerals which will make their way into the soup as it cooks. Best of all, “a single cup of cooked dried peas provides 65.1% of the daily value for fiber, and they’re cheap.”*
Ingredients:
1 hamhock -- or beef bones
1 1/2 cup(s) split peas
1 onion -- diced
6 carrots -- scrubbed and diced
4 stalks celery -- diced
2 yukon gold potatoes -- diced small
6 cup(s) broth -- any kind
1/2 tsp pepper
1 bay leaves
Directions
Prep Work: Chop onion, carrots, celery and potatoes; store together.
1. Put all ingredients in crock pot and turn to low for 8 hrs. (So if it is in by 9 am, it will be ready for an early 5 pm dinner.)
2. Remove bones and bay leaf from pot. Start with 1/2 tsp. salt and keep adding by pinches until flavors “come out”. Be careful and add only a small amount each time. Add a few tablespoons of nutritional yeast if desired for more amino acids.
SERVING SUGGESTION: Make toasted cheese sandwiches, cut in half and serve wedges with soup. Add an interesting drink of Super Cranberry Cider to the menu for fun.
*whfoods.org - You’ll be happy to know that a single cup of cooked dried peas provides 65.1% of the daily value for fiber, and they’re cheap!
OTL 2010
