Today's post: Pea Soup!
I used this "Easy Peasy Pea Soup" recipe from Food Network as a basis for my soup, though I was missing a decent amount of ingredients. Here is what I actually used:
- 2 cans of sweet peas
- 2 medium onions, halved and diced (I diced chunkier for a more textured soup, up to you)
- 3 celery stalks, halved lengthwise and diced (I diced chunkier for a more textured soup, up to you)
- My own vegetable broth from the spices I had based off Vegetable Broth #1 from FitDay
- 1 1/2 cups of store-bought bacon bits
- 1/3 cup corn starch
- 2 cloves garlic, pressed
- Vegetable oil as needed when sautéing
- Assorted spices according to my taste & what I had on-hand: cumin, celery seed, garlic salt, salt, pepper, savory, marjoram, thyme, sage, chili powder
- A few tablespoons of corn starch to thicken soup to my desired consistency
Before starting, I used my Magic Bullet blender to puree 1 1/ of the 2 cans of sweet peas and the can juices. I put the puree in a metal mixing bowl and mixed in the leftover whole peas, and set that aside. I started by sautéing the onion and celery in vegetable oil, and simultaneously brought water with the broth ingredients (cumin, celery seed, garlic salt, savory, marjoram, thyme, sage) to a boil in a small pot, probably 3-4 cups of liquid total. When the onion & celery were cooked & starting to brown a little, around 8 minutes or so on med-hi, I pressed the fresh garlic into the pot and added the cumin (my husband loves cumin so I put in a little extra). I added the bacon and let that cook with the onions, celery and cooked that another couple minutes, then added the broth I had made and the pea mixture. I stirred everything and kept it over medium heat to intertwine the flavors and heat the soup through. The soup was a little thinner than I wanted, so I added some cornstarch a tablespoons at a time and whisked the soup. Once I had removed the pot from heat and let it sit a few minutes, the consistency was perfect. We like a little tiny kick to our food, so I added a few sprinkles of chili powder for fun. The soup turned out great! It's going to be a comforting dinner on this snowy New Year's Day.
Pea soup doesn't look chunky just sitting there... |
...but one bite and you get all the veggies and bacon chunks you could want! |
Snowy porch on NYD |
Patio table covered in glittery snow |
Emily
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