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Dinner: 064	Split Pea Soup
Posted by: Klaus Stories of Members The Books Community Supported Agriculture Getting Started with Cooking Dinner	Dinner This is an easy to prepare any-time meal using only simple readily available ingredients, like onions and split pea staples.	Served This basic split pea dish provides a satisfying meal without requiring sophisticated ingredients. It can be modified in various ways but will always satisfy even the greatest hunger.
	Get in Advance: 2 cups of dried split green peas, picked over and rinsed 6 cups of water 6 tablespoons of low-salt low-fat vegetable broth 2 large onions, chopped 1 carrot, peeled and chopped (optional) 2 cloves of garlic, minced juice of ½ lemon, zest reserved Have On Hand: Crisp Bread	Ingredients
	Recipe (Adapted from and expanded to low-salt low-fat-vegan diet (Esselstyn Plant Diet) from www.101cookbooks.com): For 3 (generous)-to 4 Portion Pre-soak Dried Split Peas Pick over peas carefully for removing debris and small rocks Wash extensively under running water Add 6 cups of water Bring to a boil for 2 min and let peas soak for 1 hour. Braising of vegetables Chop the onions Braise in a large soup skillet until brown (5 min) Add minced garlic and chopped carrots and stir briefly Add ½ cup of water for solubilizing the caked caramelized layer. Cook the pea soup Add the peas with the soaking water Add vegetable broth powder (6 tablespoons) Bring to a boil and then simmer for 30 min (until the peas are soft and expanded) Puree Add lemon juice and zest of ½ lemon Set one half of the cooked peas aside (in the soaking pot) Puree with a hand mixer the remaining half and then add the set aside peas and mix the combined parts. Add water as desired for adjusting the consistency of the soup. Serve Serve with salad and bread	Workplace A blender is needed for pureeing Picking over the dried peas for debris Peas soaked for one hour in hot water

	Cutting the onions	Braising the onions
	Solubilizing the caramelized layer	Added ingredients ready for cooking
	Cooked for 45 min	Adding lemon juice and zest
	Purreed half of the cooked peas	Prepared
This simple pea soup is so easily and quickly prepared from staples and again it came out just right. I enriched it with cut “hot-dogs” making it a satisfying meal, serving maximum ½ hot dog per serving. The soaking time and cooking time were just right.	Enrichment	Pureeing one half $Description: Description: F:\My-Documents_CisNet\AIV_Technology\heart\images\Dinners\064 Split-Pea-Soup\064-Split-Pea-Soup-2-Prep02.gif$
	Combining all $Description: Description: F:\My-Documents_CisNet\AIV_Technology\heart\images\Dinners\064 Split-Pea-Soup\064-Split-Pea-Soup-2-Prep03.gif$	Served $Description: Description: F:\My-Documents_CisNet\AIV_Technology\heart\images\Dinners\064 Split-Pea-Soup\064-Split-Pea-Soup-2-Prep04.gif$
Leftovers are easily divided after cooling down in a fridge overnight.	Cooled down in the fridge the soup solidifys easily	The cold soup can easily split into portions before being warmed up.
Now I like to cook in advance and freeze. I used one whole pound of peas which gave 4 portions each of 2-cups of soup.	Soup ready for eating and freesing after enrichement with one ‘hot dog’ per serving.	The recipe provides 4 portions of 2 cups each.
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