Split Pea Soup–Crock Pot Version Secret Recipe Club

It is that time of month again, to reveal our Secret Recipe Club recipe (maybe I should reword that opening statement!) .  For those of you new to this club concept, each month we are assigned another blog and secretly find a recipe post that we would like to try and then reveal our experience with their recipe.

This month my assigned blog was From Grandma Loy’s Kitchen  Grandma Loy, the author, has been blogging for less than 2 years but shares all the recipes she has tried over the last 50 years.  You will want to sit back and enjoy going through all her recipes she has perfected.

I am a sucker for Split Pea soup and it seems that no two recipes I have come across are the same.  When I saw Grandma Loy’s Split Pea Soup recipe I thought of my own Grandmother who used to make this for us as well.  

I improvised a little bit as I just dumped everything into the Crock pot in the am, emulsified the soup with a blender about 2 hours before serving and let it stay in the crock pot until we were all home for dinner

Split Pea Soup from Woman’s Day
1 lb. split peas, green or yellow (2 1/4 c.)
5 c. water
1 can  (14 oz.) chicken broth or 2 c. water and 1 T. instant chicken bouillon or soup base
1 lg. onion, chopped
2 med. carrots, chopped
2 lg. cloves garlic, minced
1/2 t. thyme leaves, crushed
1/2 t. pepper
3/4 t. salt  (I omit if using the instant bouillon)

Pour peas into pie tin or other flat surface to check that there are no rocks or other foreign objects in with the peas.  Put the peas in a 4-qt. pot.  Add remaining ingredients.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 90 minutes or until peas are soft.  Stir occasionally.  Makes 6 servings.

(Close to Home’s crock pot recipe:  Just dump all ingredients into the crock pot.  Cook on low for 7-8 hours.  Emulsify with a hand blender and then continue to heat until serving.)  I stirred it every so often at the end as it started to get thick in crock pot.

Check out my other SPLIT PEA SOUP RECIPE handed down from my Grandmother, and uses a ham hock.

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