Hunger has again reared its ugly head. The boys made blueberry waffles and bacon for breakfast, making my pumpkin smoothie seem pretty lame. So I decided to make something that felt more substantial - split pea soup (doesn't hurt that I have a big ham bone in the freezer).
So I put some onions and butter in the Dutch oven and cooked until the onions were golden. I then added water and soaked split peas and the frozen ham bone and simmered the whole thing for two hours. I added a couple of cups of frozen peas about 30 minutes before I finished. Took the bone out and blended the whole thing. The I took part and passed it through a strainer to produce this ultra smooth pea and ham soup. Yummy! I added ham and carrots to the remaining unstrained soup for the rest of the family.
It was great to be "eating" the food that everyone else was eating (sort of) instead of smelling great smells and eating my smoothie or broth. As an added benefit, it drove the smell of bacon out of the house!
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