Month: November 2018

Split Pea (Soup) For Me!

I was looking for a way to use up some leftover ham and a ham bone, split pea soup with chopped ham it is! I came across this great recipe on Pinterest. Naturally I added my own this and thats… but Uncle Bill 😉 you sure already have a winning recipe here! https://pin.it/y4zhccxxznosle Here is how I changed things up, I used 4 cups beef broth (no bouillon cubes) and 4 cups water I added only 1 chopped onion I used 1/2 tsp dried thyme At end of cooking time I added in 1 cup of cooked chopped ham After following the original recipe for pre cooking peas, and all ingredients were added I simmered the soup for only 35 minutes. I left the soup chunky but it can certainly be smoothed out a bit. I just liked the look of the chopped vegis and ham in the soup. This soup has great flavor! I topped my bowl of soup with croutons. My husband stayed the purist. Second day soup is so very yummy, I …