split pea soup

This is not a terribly diabetic-friendly soup as peas are a bit carby. I have about 1 1/2 cup of the soup (around 15g net carb) and fill up on salad and artichokes.

ingredients

• 1/2 lb yellow split peas (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 1 quart ham broth
• 1/2 cup ham, diced
• 1/2 medium onion, diced
• 1 1/2 medium carrots, diced
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 TB dried parsley
• 1/2 tsp dried savory
• dash freshly-ground black pepper

method

Bring peas to boil in broth, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour.

Mash peas with masher until about half are mashed to thicken soup. Add ham, onion, carrots, celery, bay leaf, parsley, savory and pepper and simmer for 30 minutes.

Discard bay leaf.

Recipe can also be made in a large batch and canned.

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