Surprisingly this is a family favourite. I know, I can hardly believe it. My kids love it, my hubby devours it and…get this, we’ve had kids over just hanging out and I’ve served it and they LOVE IT. Crazy as it is, this green number serves as a crowd-pleaser, it's budget-friendly and is a huge tummy filler. Plus... as an added bonus, it pretty much cooks itself.
Ingredients
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
2 Chopped Brown Onions
Left over Ham ~ whatever you can salvage. I usually try and get as close to 2 cups as possible and I cube it small {the size of your ring fingernail ~ how’s that for sharing a family recipe. Couldn’t think of any other way to give the size
500 grams or 1 bag of split peas
8 cups of water
2 tsp Chicken Stock {I prefer the powdered but if you’re going to use liquid substitute one of the cups of water with stock}
1 tsp of dried thyme {if you have, if not don’t worry, not necessary}
Method
Saute your onions in Olive Oil.
Add Ham.
Add Peas.
Pour water over.
Add stock {in whatever form} and that’s it.
Let it cook away, stirring every once in a while. Cook for about 2.5 hours.
Your house will smell divine and you will have enough for 6 healthy servings. Serve with a crusty, whole wheat seed roll and you have a meal that everyone will enjoy.
Note: you can add carrots and celery to the mix if you want. I do most times however when cooking it the other day I was out so didn’t bother. Yumm-o.
