Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

It's kinda funny that I haven't done any food posts on this blog yet! I think that is what most people expect when they see my instagram feed, which is full of pictures of mine and my families food. Food has definitely been a part of my vision for this blog. I've really been wanting to do a crockpot Sunday series, so today is the start! I will share a crockpot recipe on a couple Fridays a month so that you have time to shop for ingredients on Saturday and then you can have a stress free and relaxing Sunday. Obviously, you can use these recipes for any day of the week too!

Since church is a huge part of Sunday for me and my family, it helps me so much to have something cooking in the crockpot so that we can have a nice comforting meal at the end of the day. It's great so come home and have dinner cooking and to have minimal if any additional prep to do. That way we can all relax together, or depending on when your church is, just jump right into the meal! Currently we attend church at 9:00 am, so I even try to get everything prepped in the pot the night before so all I have to do it take the pot out of the fridge and turn it on! That is, if I rememeber to actually prep! If you remember my first post, I am a serious procrastinator!

So, on to the recipe!

Split pea soup is one of my favorite recipes to use leftover ham with or your ham bone. DON'T, for the love of all things, throw away your ham bone people! Take that ham bone off your roast and leave a good amount of meat on it and you can make a delicious batch of soup with it! Call me selfish, but I cringe when I hear people giving their ham bones to their dogs. NO!!!

This soup has been a winner with my whole family. Even my 9 month old gobbled it up! If you can get little ones past the color, your generally golden! With any recipe I post, please adapt to your own tastes! Not a fan of garlic, cut back. Like more carrots, add more! My recipes will usually have lots of garlic!

Crockpot Split Pea Soup

adapted from Favorite Family Recipes

1 lb package of dry split peas, rinsed and sorted

1 onion, chopped

3 potatoes, diced

3 stalks of celery, sliced

5-6 carrots, sliced

3-4 cloves of garlic, minced

1 tsp sea salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 bay leaf

1 meaty ham bone, or 2 cups of chopped ham 

8 cups of vegetable broth (or chicken broth)

After you wash and sort your peas, add all the ingredients to your crockpot and stir. Set your crockpot to low and let cook for 8 hours. If at 7 hours, it's a little watery for your liking, take off the lid and continue to cook until ready to eat!

Hope you like it! And let me know below or on instagram if you make it for your Crockpot Sunday!