my take on grandma's soup

my grandma has always made split pea soup that everyone loves and craves from time to time. it's super simple, so as usual i dolled it up a bit.

her recipe includes onions, celery, split peas, water, carrots, and butter.

mine includes: 

 i was making a huge batch of soup for 3 different thanksgivings i was going to, so that's why there's SO much here. the ingredients below include how much i used to make an 8 quart pot of soup. most everything was organic.

• 6 stalks of celery 
• 2 large sweet onions
• 6 garlic cloves
• 2 enormous carrots
• 1 inch chunk of ginger
• head of parsley
• 6 sprigs of thyme
• sage 
• 4 bags of split peas
• 3 boxes of stock plus about 4+ cups of filtered water 
• curry powder, cumin, salt, pepper, 
• butter, coconut oil 

so, i sauteed chopped up celery, garlic, and onions in cocounut oil. i grated ginger and added that too. then i put in some curry powder. let everything get soft and then i added the stock, the rinsed and picked through split peas, and then the grated carrots. the soup simmered for a long long time, like 3+ hours, and around the end time i added the fresh herbs and more seasoning if needed. i also added water as need be... and butter. you know it's done when it gets really creamy and all the peas are broken down into mush. :)  

this is how the soup looks at first. it thickens up a lot. 

i fried up sage in a little oil to top the soup. so delicious fried!