In the Magic Cooking Pot: Split Pea Soup

My dear grandpa is on a limited diet and also prefers soft foods that he can manage with his dentures, so split pea soup seemed like a healthful meal he could enjoy.  I prepped all ingredients in the evening, then combined them in the morning and left them cooking in my trusty Crock Pot until I returned from work.  Grandpa ate a whole bowlful of this stuff for dinner, so I'd say this recipe was a success!



Ingredients:

• 1 package of no-soak split peas
• 7 C water
• 1 onion (diced)
• 3 stalks celery (diced)
• 3 carrots (chopped)
• One 1/4" thick slice of ham (diced)
• Dash of ground black pepper
• Broth, to taste (I used powdered vegetable broth)

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in the Crock Pot.
2. Cook on the Low setting until peas are the desired level of doneness (Blogger says this isn't a real word, but you know what I mean).

Note: My Crock Pot automatically switches to the Warm setting after the set amount of cook time has passed.  I set my soup to cook on Low for 7 hours, and then it continued to cook on Warm for another 3 hours after that.  The soup turned out well-cooked and well blended, which was the right consistency for my dinner guest.