A favorite growing up... If you have a ham bone handy, throw it in, although I usually just use chopped ham...

Split Pea Soup from the Colonial Era.

this is my version of split pea soup.

This is a very plain and very cheap soup recipe. The idea is that you can add whatever you have to make it better.

So... we ate this Christmas ham and there was a lot of meat leftover. I couldn’t bare to watch it get thrown away so I took it home. Could have just made some ham and cheese sandwiches or ham and potato salad but there was a bag of split peas screaming to be cooked. Now... feel free to substitute any of the vegetables... they’re basically going to be disintegrated anyway. I used what I had on hand.

Great comfort food for using up Easter dinner leftovers

Inspired by my grandmother who introduced me to this dish, I just added my own spin and now this is the favorite family recipe. Simple, easy and ready in 7 hours.

We have been making pea soup in my family my entire life, but everyone else just used the peas and water. I like flavor and this soup has it for sure! Very hardy.