{"id":1582,"date":"2021-11-14T16:48:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T23:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=1582"},"modified":"2021-11-14T21:11:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T04:11:21","slug":"special-split-pea-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2021\/11\/14\/special-split-pea-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Split Pea Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211114_151310-1024x1006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211114_151310-1024x1006.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211114_151310-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211114_151310-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211114_151310.jpg 1494w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of extra add-ins make this soup more than the usual muted green standard. Adding the optional cream makes it downright decadent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serves 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>1 large onion, chopped<\/li><li>1 Tbsp butter or oil<\/li><li>2 cups (1 lb) dried green split peas, sorted and rinsed<\/li><li>4-6 cloves garlic, minced<\/li><li>Bay leaf<\/li><li>1 large orange sweet potato\/yam, peeled and cubed (2 cups)<\/li><li>1\/2 cup dry sherry or apple juice, or 1 diced apple<\/li><li>I cup diced fully cooked smoked ham<\/li><li>3 cups firmly packed chopped fresh spinach leaves (or 10 oz package frozen, thawed)<\/li><li>1 cup heavy cream (Note: I sometimes omit, this soup is awesome with or without it. Could sub half-n-half or 1\/2 cup sour cream\u2026)<\/li><li>1 Tbsp chopped fresh dill weed (or 2 tsp dried) or other fresh herb<\/li><li>1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar<\/li><li>Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Saute onion in butter or oil until softened and browned. Stir in garlic. Add peas, bay leaf, and 8 cups water. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 45 minutes. Add sweet potatoes, and sherry, juice, or apple. Simmer 30 more minutes, or until peas are soft and sweet potato is tender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stir in ham and spinach. Simmer until spinach is tender (or just a moment or two for thawed spinach). Stir in cream, dill, and apple cider vinegar. Add salt and pepper to taste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of extra add-ins make this soup more than the usual muted green standard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[125,25,67],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1593,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582\/revisions\/1593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}