VeganMoFo Day 2 and Split Pea Soup

Today's dinner was by request. DH and I have been together for over 32 years and it took me at least 20 of those years to convince him that Split Pea Soup was delicious. He always said the same thing, "Looks like baby poop" and I would respond well, it doesn't taste like it. :o) One day at a restaurant he ordered it instead of salad and loved it. Too bad that meal ended badly with glass in his soup. Since then I am the only one that makes his soup. I know many of us and many omni's still believe that you need that ham hock in there to make good soup, but I am here to tell you that you don't. My recipe is simple and the only thing I measure is the amount of dry peas. Of course corn bread is fantastic with it. Perfect Autumn meal. Enjoy!

Simple Split Pea Soup

Serves 2 -3

6oz of dry split peas (I mix yellow and green)

1/2 onion, chopped

1/2 carrot, diced

1/2 celery stalk, diced

2 cloves of minced garlic

1/2 medium potato diced

About 3-5 cups of vegetable broth ( I use "No Chicken" Broth)

Salt and pepper to taste

Spray bottom of 3 quart pot with cooking spray or use 1 tsp of olive oil. Saute your onion, celery, and carrots until semi tender. Add the garlic and stir for about 1 minute. Add in the potato, peas, and enough broth to cover the peas. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for about 45 minutes. I stir mine about every 10 to 15 min adding more broth as needed. Once the peas are soft and the veggies are cooked I use my hand blender or "boat motor" as it is called in our home, to puree the soup. A blender will work well also. Next serve it up and enjoy!

Whats for dinner tomorrow night? I am playing with the idea of using sauerkraut, but how? :o)

HAPPY VEGANNIVERSARY TO ME AND VEGANMOFO HAS BEGUN

Today marks my 2 year anniversary of becoming vegan! Funny that when I made the decision don't remember the fact that today is also World Vegetarian Day. So how does one celebrate both of these days at the same time? Hmm, SICK! Yes folks I did a bad thing. I let my PH level get too low and opened myself up to the flu. How did I do this? I ate one too many delicious chocolate chip cookies, thanks to Compassionate cooks, and too much ice cream, thanks to soy delicious ice cream. Can you believe I let all that sugar get in front of broccoli? What was I thinking. Well, kids it has been a wake up call. Time to get back on track! This is really my 2nd day with this bug and I am trying to get my system back up and running at peek level. Granted this may take some time, but Susan's Garden Vegetable Soup will help in the process. I make this quite often and usually play around with it. This time I used a can of diced tomatoes in place of the tomato paste, cut the recipe in half and used a cup of small white beans I had cooked up in the freezer, and "No Chicken" broth, which we love over boxed veggie broth.

And I forgot to mention that today is the first day of VEGANMOFO! Veggie soup may not be creative, but it sure is good eats!


What else is one to eat when the flu bug has them? My mother told me drink 7-up, GROSS!! High Fructose chemically filled nasties! I found a new product called ZEVIA. It is sweetened with Stevia and I like it. It contains pure, natural, essential oil of lemons and limes sweetened with Stevia. It also has Erythitol, which I have never heard of, but read about it here and it seems like a much better choice over the dreaded HFC!

Well, that is my post for today. I hope everyone has a wonderful celebration on World Vegetarian Day! Hug a furry friend today. It will make you smile!