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Simple Pea Soup
The best thing about pea soup is that it is so filling and nourishing, and you will find that there are hundreds of delicious recipes for pea soup that you can follow. Each pea soup recipe will have something different to offer, but you will find that nothing is quite as good as the simple pea soup. The peas alone have quite a pleasant flavor, and the rich legumes will provide you with a good portion of your daily fiber intake requirements. If you are looking for a dish that will be the perfect way to end a cold day playing in the snow or cold weather, there is nothing like pea soup to warm you up.
The following recipe for pea soup is very simple, and it will require only minimal effort on your part. The peas are cooked in water with a head of garlic and a whole onion added for flavor. The peas cook for a long time until they have almost disintegrated, after which you add a bit of cream and some fresh mint. As the peas are cooking, you can add a slab of bacon to add some flavor to the soup, which you will then top with some fresh homemade croutons. All in all, you get a tasty recipe that is easy to follow and delicious to eat.
You will find that getting your children to eat peas is no longer a challenge with this soup, as they will love the creamy texture of the soup. Most kids love soup that is topped with croutons, and you will find that they will come back and ask for second and third helpings of the rich soup. By making this rich pea soup, you provide your children with a rich dish that will be incredibly healthy, and there is nothing quite like a steaming bowl of pea soup to warm you to the bones at the end of a cold day.
Creamy Pea Soup
Ingredients -
½ pound of peas
6 ounces of sour cream
¼ pound of bacon
1 large onion
1 head of garlic
1 bunch of fresh mint
Salt and pepper, to taste
Preparation:
To begin, place the peas in water to soak for 1.5 hours. Soaking the peas before cooking them ensure that they will cook much faster and will be softer.
Once the peas have soaked, drain the water and refill with fresh drinking water. Place the peas on the stove to boil, adding the onion and head of garlic whole. Add the slab of bacon as well, and sprinkle salt and pepper to your heart’s content.
The pea soup will take over an hour to boil, so you have time to whip up some delicious homemade croutons. Cut a large loaf of bread, preferably stale, into small bite-sized cubes. Melt a 4 ounce stick of butter on the stove, and pour the melted butter over the bread cubes. Sprinkle salt, garlic powder, thyme, oregano as desired, and place in an oven heated to 300 F to cook until golden brown.
Once the peas start boiling, remove the garlic and onion from the soup, and throw them into the trash. Remove the slab of bacon from the soup, and chop it into small pieces to add to the soup once more.
Once the peas are cooked, add the sour cream to the mixture, and garnish with the fresh mint as desired. Serve with your fresh homemade croutons.
(Serves 5)
Simple Pea Soup
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As you can imagine, this pea soup is rich with the flavors of bacon, onions, and garlic. However, it requires virtually no chopping or dicing on your part, and you can simply get rid of the whole onion and head of garlic without losing any of the flavor of your soup. The soup turns out to be rich and filling, and is packed with all of the fiber for which legumes are so renowned. There is no better soup to warm you up at the end of a cold day, and you will find that this will be the perfect winter soup.
