Split Pea Soup with Ham

It's freezer meal time again so I'm going to try to post some of the recipes we've tried and liked as I go today. You may have some already but just in case you don't here they are...

This one is easy and smells great (which, I'll be honest, surprised me a little!)

Split Pea Soup with Ham

10 C water

4 C split peas

1 C ham, diced

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp marjoram, crushed

1 bay leaf

1 C celery, chopped

1 C onion, chopped

1 C carrot, sliced

Rinse peas; combine peas, water, ham, salt, pepper and marjoram in large stock pot. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, simmer (don’t boil) for 1 1/2 hours. Stir occasionally. Add celery, onion, and carrots. Simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.

Cool completely. Label gallon size freezer ziploc bags. Ladle into bags and freeze. (One recipe will make 2 gallon size bags of soup.)

Thaw and heat until warmed through.