First one from me:
Recipe - Split Pea & Ham Soup
Split pea & ham soup might just be MrsT's favorite soup. I like it, even if it looks a little...unfortunate (but hey, I eat mushy peas, so I should quit pickin' on the soup!). It was a natural as a first choice.
Because of that, I was quite excited when I found a recipe for a pot o' the pottage that, well, didn't look like the usual batch. Instead of a lumpy green sludge with bits of orange flecks and pork peeking through, this recipe showed a soup with everything, including the peas, intact and swimming in a nice, clear chicken-noodle-soup-style broth. Perfect! All the taste, none of the mucky yuckiness. Yes!
As you can see in my pics below, it was not to be. I didn't even simmer this for as long as it called for, and the peas still cooked down to alumpy sludge comforting velvet, looking like all the past split pea soups I've made.
Not to worry, not to worry, because as luck would have it, it tasted just fine - nice and hearty, great for the weather we've been having (40F/5C, windy, and the occasional pizz of rain). I had a bowl at...5:30PMish and still feel full at 10PM, and I didn't even have my usual cookie before bed.
The soup itself couldn't be easier to make, brilliant in its simplicity, and I'll add for those interested that by using low-sodium deli ham (Boar's Head), this soup is extremely Weight Watchers friendly, coming in at something like a mere 2 points for a generous cupful.
Recipe - Split Pea & Ham Soup
Split pea & ham soup might just be MrsT's favorite soup. I like it, even if it looks a little...unfortunate (but hey, I eat mushy peas, so I should quit pickin' on the soup!). It was a natural as a first choice.
Because of that, I was quite excited when I found a recipe for a pot o' the pottage that, well, didn't look like the usual batch. Instead of a lumpy green sludge with bits of orange flecks and pork peeking through, this recipe showed a soup with everything, including the peas, intact and swimming in a nice, clear chicken-noodle-soup-style broth. Perfect! All the taste, none of the mucky yuckiness. Yes!
As you can see in my pics below, it was not to be. I didn't even simmer this for as long as it called for, and the peas still cooked down to a
Not to worry, not to worry, because as luck would have it, it tasted just fine - nice and hearty, great for the weather we've been having (40F/5C, windy, and the occasional pizz of rain). I had a bowl at...5:30PMish and still feel full at 10PM, and I didn't even have my usual cookie before bed.
The soup itself couldn't be easier to make, brilliant in its simplicity, and I'll add for those interested that by using low-sodium deli ham (Boar's Head), this soup is extremely Weight Watchers friendly, coming in at something like a mere 2 points for a generous cupful.
