- 2 cups green and yellow split peas: $1.65
- 2 carrots: $0.25
- 1 onion: $0.25
- Olive oil, bay leaf (optional), sea salt, ground pepper, hot sauce, lemon juice, ground cumin: $0.50 (approximate)
- 7 cups water: $0
- Knowing the hair in the soup is mine: PRICELESS
Soup is done when most of the water is absorbed and the peas are soft and easily break apart. Remove bay leaf if using and mash mixture with potato masher or use blender or hand-held immersion blender. If soup is too thick for your liking, add water to achieve desired consistency. Season to taste with more salt, pepper and cumin, plus hot sauce and lemon juice.
The soup’s flavor will improve over the course of several days. Store in refrigerator. Soup will thicken in fridge, so add a little water when reheating.
5 comments:
Nice window light photo of the ingredients. I've put this recipe on my to do list for this week's meals.
This is delicious. I like mixing in a little harissa.
My 11yo loves it too. It's so simple I had her commit it to memory; now she can make an easy, terrific, healthy soup, in any season, for the rest of her life.
Dave,
Glad to hear all of that, but the best part is knowing that your daughter will be passing it on to her grandkids in about 2070!
Rob
Hello there! I've discovered your site today and really like it! Thanks for all those recipes. I'd like to try the pea soup and was wondering if I could make it with frozen peas? I will also try your homemade oatmeal recipe very soon! I'm French and have lived in NYC for a year for school a few years ago... For whatever reason I was craving some oatmeal this morning and that's how I found your site. I will get the ingredients today! Thanks a lot.
A - from France!
Anonymous from France,
Thanks, I'm happy to hear you like it. For the pea soup you need to use DRIED split peas. Frozen peas will not work for this recipe.
Hope that helps and good luck. How was the oatmeal?
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