Split Pea Soup with Ham

You either love it or you hate it - there ain't no in between! When I was young, I wouldn't eat this if my life depended on it. Are you kidding? It is GREEN! Not just green, but tides of green, oodles of green, green overdose. . . yuk!!!

One day, out of the blue, I decided I LOVE split pea soup (I kinda' felt like that fellow in Green Eggs & Ham, would you eat it in a box . . . well yes I would! and would you eat it with a fox . . . absolutely!). But I digress. . .

Ingredients:

• 2 bags of dry split peas
• 2 large cans of chicken broth
• 1 large ham bone (usually serve the ham and save the scraps for the soup)
• Carrots
• Onions
• Garlic
• Salt, Pepper
• Hot Sauce

Rinse peas in colander, set to side.  In a large pot, cover the bottom with a thin layer of olive oil. Chop 3 large onions and 4 cloves of garlic and saute until transparent. Add chicken broth, split peas and ham. Bring to a boil and let cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . .and cook . . . . . . . . . and cook, for about 3-4 hours while simmering.

Chop carrots into bite size pieces and add. Season with salt, pepper - and I LOVE a dash of hot sauce and cook another 30 minutes or so until the carrots are tender.

Serve hot and freeze the rest. Mmmm. Mmmm. Good.