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Pea Soup ~ It's Cold Out

 



First time to cook with organic split green peas.  If I have, it's been a very long time, and we cannot find these (organic) in our area stores.  I re-stocked while out restocking, where bulk foods are so much less expensive. Of course seasonings are dried herbs from the garden (other than the bay leaf).

I can say, that we loved the soup, but I adjusted a soup recipe from stove top to crock pot (again).  The split peas do break down in a crock pot soup, but I will be buying more of them, especially over winter months.  I will be using a different meat next time too I think.  We did not have "Farmers Sausage" so I adapted, but still good.

The recipe is from Mennonites Girls can Cook - Anderson's Pea Soup.

It will be 14 degrees warmer today, but the bitter cold plans to return again.  I am so busy making up for the 6 weeks of not being able to clean like I normally clean/upkeep, but it's getting done.  I completely forgot to get a photo of the current book.  

Pea Soup ~ It's Cold Out  ©  January 2026 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart


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Leigh said…
Pea soup is an annual winter favorite here. Every Christmas Eve my son hosts lunch with a ham he gets from his company. They always give me some to take home including the bone. That bone goes into a big batch of split pea soup. So yummy and comforting.
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Leigh, we did not host a Christmas meal, so there was no ham bone this past season for us. We will be adding a ham bone and ham next time we make it. I may need to buy ham hocks from the store, but yes, it would make a delicious soup.
January 22, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Faith said…
I've always liked pea soup, never made it. We have some ham in the freezer, I do not have the peas, which I will remedy when I go shopping, other beans no peas.
January 22, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Faith, I was shocked at how filling the soup is. Most soups leave me hankering a half of a sandwich with it. Very good.
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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