Split Pea Soup

Serve with cornbread and a salad

Authored by: Polly Pitchford, Full Spectrum Health

  • Print Recipe
  • Cooking Time: 30 minutes one hour
  • Serves: 4
  • Suitable Diets: Low Fat, Low Sodium, Vegan, Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon olive or canola oil
  • 1 Spanish onion, chopped
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 2 stalks celery, sliced
  • 1 1/2 cup green split peas, rinsed
  • 6 cups stock or water
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • salt to taste

Directions

Heat oil in a soup pot over medium heat. Add onion and saute until it starts to turn translucent, about 23 minutes. Add celery and carrot and saute 2 minutes more. Add split peas, stock or water, basil and the bay leaf. Bring to boil, cover, reduce flame to low and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Season to taste with salt or vegetable salt seasoning the last 5 minutes of cooking.Salt is not included in nutrition analysis.