Chunky Split Pea Soup

Ingredients

• 2-3 cups split peas

optional

• thick slice smoked ham or 2 boneless pork chops
• chopped onion
• 2 chopped garlic cloves
• 1-2 tablespoon olive oil or butter
• 4-6 cups water or chicken broth
• 2 cubed potatoes, about 1 c
• 2 sliced carrots, about 1 c
• 2 chopped celery, about 1 c
• salt
• pepper
• herbs
• seasoning, of choice (bay, red pepper flakes, curry powder or ?)

optional

• sour cream (or yoghurt & dry sherry)

Directions

1. 1

   Soak peas over-night, drain, and add fresh water or broth. In crockpot cook the peas with water/broth/onion/garlic/ham until peas are very soft & ham is tender, low setting is best. You may need to stir occasionally to avoid burning, especially if you use high setting.

2. 2

   Puree or smash about half of this mixture. Ham will fall apart.

3. 3

   Add veggies, salt, pepper, herbs/seasoning during the last hour.

4. 4

   Serve with a spoonful of sour cream/yoghurt and a drizzle of dry sherry on top if you need extra comforting.