SPLIT PEA SOUP | the classic recipe you know and love!

ham

🥗Healthier: turkey ham

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey ham reduces fat while smoked sausage is often less expensive.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with bouillon

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and water with bouillon is cost-effective.

Dice two stalks of celery, two carrots, and one onion.

Add two tablespoons of olive oil to a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium high heat.

Saute the diced vegetables for three to four minutes until softened.

Mince two cloves of garlic and stir into the vegetables for another minute.

Rinse and sort through one pound of dried split green peas and add them to the pot.

Add half a teaspoon of dried thyme, half a teaspoon of kosher salt, and half a teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper, and stir together.

Add the ham bone to the pot, along with one bay leaf, four cups of low sodium chicken broth, and three cups of water.

Stir the mixture and bring it to a boil.

Once boiling, reduce the heat to a low simmer, cover the pot, and cook for 50 to 60 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Remove the ham bone with tongs and dice up the remaining meat from the bone, adding one cup of diced ham back into the soup.

Stir the diced ham into the soup and remove the bay leaf before serving.

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