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Home-style Pea Soup
(recipe source: lunchboxbunch)


This soup SO quick and easy... plus it's really tasty. It's warm and comforting this time of year. The original version is 'vegan' but I had to modify it for what I had on hand. Delicious!

2 cups split peas, dried
8 cups vegetable broth
1 bay leaf
1 small onion, diced (or 1/2 cup diced fennel)
1 large carrot, sliced into rounds or half-round
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 fresh cloves, minced
2 Tbsp liquid smoke (optional, or you could use 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
2-3 pinches cayenne (or to taste)
1 cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup mashed white potato or 1/2 cup dehydrated potato flakes
1-2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
salt to taste (at least 1/2 tsp)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
handful of chopped spinach or kale

Soak your dried peas in salted water overnight.

Saute the onions, garlic, carrots until lightly browned. Add all the rest of the ingredients (except spinach or kale) to a large soup pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover pot with lid and allow to simmer for several hours. Be sure not to burn the bottom of the soup. Pea soup burns quite easily - so monitor it closely if this is your first time making it. Low temperatures for a long period of time work best. You could also use a slow cooker if you'd like. About 5 minutes before serving add the spinach and/or kale. Enjoy.

Makes 4 to 5 servings