4 oven split pea soup Recipes

green split peas, washed and drained. par boil two minutes., water, smoked ham hock, canadian bacon cut in bite size pieces, onions, chopped, carrots, chopped, a bouquet garni (6 sprigs fresh parsley, 2 bay leaves, a dozen pepper corns, 1 tsp of celery seed tied up in cheesecloth bag), cayenne pepper, salt-careful here , taste after cooking and adjust according to the salt released from the ham hock, olive oil, proscuitto , slivered, pumpernickel croutons , baked in the oven with garlic butter and parmesan

split peas, lentils, chicken broth or 5 cups vegetable broth, sliced carrot, sliced celery, sweet red pepper, chopped, onion, chopped, bay leaf, ground cumin, salt and pepper, plain yogurt, chopped unpeeled cucumber

low-sodium fat-free chicken broth, dried split peas, dried lentils, carrots, sliced, celery ribs, sliced, red bell peppers, seeded and chopped, onions, chopped, bay leaves, salt, ground cumin, pepper, plain fat-free yogurt, chopped cucumber