Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

"This is an easy recipe that yields a hearty, flavorful soup – and it only takes just a couple minutes to prep! Most soups that call for dried peas or beans require that you soak the peas or beans overnight in water. Not this one! Thanks to the slow cooker, you can skip that step. Sure, it takes 6-8 hours on low for this soup to cook…but it’s entirely hands off! That leaves you with more time to shovel snow outside…or perhaps perfect your pea shooting abilities. This Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup is also a great way to use leftover ham. Whenever we have ham, we almost always end up with extra in the freezer. There are only so many ham sandwiches you can eat before you need a break! Well, this soup is a great way to repurpose that leftover ham. Just toss some extra cubed ham into this soup for a boost of flavor. And if you happen to still have a leftover ham bone? Put it in, too! Let the soup cook with the ham bone, and then just remove and discard the bone when the soup is all done. It’s an easy way to add tons of flavor!"

Cooking MethodSlow Cooker