Split Pea And Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups split peas
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/3 cup barley
• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 3/4 cup carrot, sliced
• 1 cup potato, diced
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 cup celery, sliced
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon caraway seed

Recipe

• 1 bring water to a boil in a 4 quart soup pot.
• 2 add split peas, bay leaves and barley. simmer, leaving cover slightly ajar, and cook 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• 3 heat the oil in a 10 inch frying pan and saute the onions, carrot, garlic and potato, with they thyme and basil until onions begin to brown.
• 4 add celery and cook a few minutes more.
• 5 add vegetables to soup pot. add soy sauce, pepper and caraway seeds.
• 6 cook 45 minutes longer on very low heat, covered, stirring occasionally.