Split Pea Soup



When it comes to quick meals, I don't think you can get any quicker than heating up a bowl of soup which you made the previous day.  I make soups often.  Maybe it is the Polish in me, or maybe it is just because I know how busy the evening can get and how quickly soup can make a meal.

There is my recipe for split pea soup:

Ingredients:
- 16 oz dried split peas (make sure to rinse them)
- 8 cups of water
- 2 medium sized potatoes (cubed)
- 3 carrots (peeled and diced) (yes, I know I only have two in the picture...)
- 4 cubes of chicken bouillon
** optional - ham.  I used ham this time around, since I had a good amount left over from Easter.  This soup is just as good without ham, for my vegetarians friends.


This recipe couldn't be easier:
1.  add everything into a dutch oven. 

2. bring to a boil

3.  reduce heat to a simmer, and cook for about 1 1/2 hours.  Yes, this takes a decent amount of time to cook, but it takes all of 5 minutes to prep.  So, just make sure to make it one evening at 7pm, and you have dinner ready the next day. 

You will know the soup is done when the peas turn really creamy and thick and don't really hold their shape anymore. 

Man, this stuff is good!!!!!  Ben had two bowls!



Smacznego!