Friday, November 25, 2011

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!


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