- Oh. My. Goodness. I love this cookbook! I should just break down and buy it because I have borrowed it from the library for months at a time (renewed over and over). :) I think I will just try to win your contest instead!! :D So my favorite soup is a taco or tortilla soup or minestrone or white bean/chicken or ... I love soup! :) Congrats Jen. You probably entered more times than anyone else so you deserve to win and I am glad you already love the cookbook and now you do not have to keep checking it out from the Library you have your own.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
giveaway winner
Thanks for all those who entered my giveaway, I appreciate the support wish you all could win.
Monday, January 10, 2011
GIVEAWAY and Split pea soup
Giveaway Closed. Thanks for entering!
My mother has made this soup since I was a little girl and I have always LOVED it. I know I was a strange kid. It is still one of my favorites and fortunately my husband likes it too. I think there are two kids of people: those who like split pea soup and those who don't... or they think they don't. If you have never had it or only had it from a can you are missing out. You have got to try this. This is a very basic recipe. Many people add potatoes too, but I usually opt not to. I am not really a potato girl... I know I know and I live in Idaho....
I love the lemon juice it really brightens it up and lighten the flavor. This is a must on a cold day. It is so healthy and just pennies to make.... It would be great in a bread bowl too or top with croutons....mmmm
Ingredients
1 pound split green peas, picked over and rinsed
3 medium smoked ham hocks or ham shanks (what ever look like they have more meat on them)
1 Tablespoon minced fresh thyme or 1t dried
salt
2 quarts water
2 large carrots, peeled and chopped medium
2 onions, minced
2 ribs celery, chopped medium
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
pepper
Directions
1. Bring peas, ham hocks, thyme, 1 teaspoon salt and water to a simmer for an hour in a large dutch oven or heavy pot. Cook for one hour.
2. Stir in carrots, onions and celery. Continue to simmer until peas have soften and are broken down. 25-35 minutes.
3. Remove hocks. When they are cool enough to handle remove any fat skin and bones and separate meat I shred mine and add to soup. (if your hocks or shanks do not have much meat on them add deli ham. You can buy it sliced 1/2 inch thick about 6 ounces then chop up into small chunks.
OR you can put all ingredients at the same time into the crock pot and leave it for 4 hours on High or 6-8 hours on low!! How simple is that!
Note: if you read the label on split peas it always reads sort and wash peas. I would rinse mine, but never would I sort them.. what did they want me to sort. It seemed pointless and and extra step I didn't want to take the time. While I was researching my recipe before I made this soup, I was reading in my America's Test Kitchen Cookbook that often there are small rocks or pebbles in the peas.... yikes....so I sorted, who wants to bite into a pebble?... not me... I have expensive teeth. So guess what I found.... TWO ROCKS!! well pebbles. They were easily recognizable as a rock while sorting through.... Moral of the story if it says sort they is a reason you should sort. Hopefully you will not find anything, but on times you do you will be glad you sorted.
I got this recipe from America's Test Kitchen Cookbook. It happens to be exactly my moms recipe as well that she has been cooking for 30 years. But a side note I LOVE this cookbook, it has so many helpful hints and tells you why you should do something what the technique is behind it. You learn so much while reading it. I often find myself curled up on the couch reading this book. They also have gadget reviews and recommendations. I think this is a must have cookbook. I think you all should have one too!!! One lucky reader will receive one courtesy of me. I am new to this food blog and I have received so much love and support and I would like to thank you all!!
This is my first giveaway here on The Very Hungry Caterpillar so please help to make it successful so we can do more.
All entries must be submitted by Thursday January 13th. Please leave your email if your profile doesn't have a way to contact you when you win.
My mother has made this soup since I was a little girl and I have always LOVED it. I know I was a strange kid. It is still one of my favorites and fortunately my husband likes it too. I think there are two kids of people: those who like split pea soup and those who don't... or they think they don't. If you have never had it or only had it from a can you are missing out. You have got to try this. This is a very basic recipe. Many people add potatoes too, but I usually opt not to. I am not really a potato girl... I know I know and I live in Idaho....
I love the lemon juice it really brightens it up and lighten the flavor. This is a must on a cold day. It is so healthy and just pennies to make.... It would be great in a bread bowl too or top with croutons....mmmm
Ingredients
1 pound split green peas, picked over and rinsed
3 medium smoked ham hocks or ham shanks (what ever look like they have more meat on them)
1 Tablespoon minced fresh thyme or 1t dried
salt
2 quarts water
2 large carrots, peeled and chopped medium
2 onions, minced
2 ribs celery, chopped medium
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
pepper
Directions
1. Bring peas, ham hocks, thyme, 1 teaspoon salt and water to a simmer for an hour in a large dutch oven or heavy pot. Cook for one hour.
2. Stir in carrots, onions and celery. Continue to simmer until peas have soften and are broken down. 25-35 minutes.
3. Remove hocks. When they are cool enough to handle remove any fat skin and bones and separate meat I shred mine and add to soup. (if your hocks or shanks do not have much meat on them add deli ham. You can buy it sliced 1/2 inch thick about 6 ounces then chop up into small chunks.
OR you can put all ingredients at the same time into the crock pot and leave it for 4 hours on High or 6-8 hours on low!! How simple is that!
Note: if you read the label on split peas it always reads sort and wash peas. I would rinse mine, but never would I sort them.. what did they want me to sort. It seemed pointless and and extra step I didn't want to take the time. While I was researching my recipe before I made this soup, I was reading in my America's Test Kitchen Cookbook that often there are small rocks or pebbles in the peas.... yikes....so I sorted, who wants to bite into a pebble?... not me... I have expensive teeth. So guess what I found.... TWO ROCKS!! well pebbles. They were easily recognizable as a rock while sorting through.... Moral of the story if it says sort they is a reason you should sort. Hopefully you will not find anything, but on times you do you will be glad you sorted.
I got this recipe from America's Test Kitchen Cookbook. It happens to be exactly my moms recipe as well that she has been cooking for 30 years. But a side note I LOVE this cookbook, it has so many helpful hints and tells you why you should do something what the technique is behind it. You learn so much while reading it. I often find myself curled up on the couch reading this book. They also have gadget reviews and recommendations. I think this is a must have cookbook. I think you all should have one too!!! One lucky reader will receive one courtesy of me. I am new to this food blog and I have received so much love and support and I would like to thank you all!!
- All you have to do is leave me comment and tell me what your favorite soup is.
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All entries must be submitted by Thursday January 13th. Please leave your email if your profile doesn't have a way to contact you when you win.
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