Midweek Slow Cooked Pea and Ham Soup

This was a very simple thing to do for a midweek meal.  And there were yellow split peas that had been in the pantry for ages and I wanted to use them up.

So a couple of packs of bacon bones, a diced onion, a couple of bay leaves, some yellow split peas and some pepper.

Pea and Ham Soup

Chuck it all in the slow cooker and cover with water.  Slow cook on low all day.

Pea and Ham Soup

Whoops, bit of air exposure after a day of the split peas absorbing the water.

Pea and Ham Soup

Pull all the bones out (*carefully* so as not to lost bits of vertebra in the soup), let them cool slightly, then pull off all the meat.

Pea and Ham Soup

Chuck it all back in and stir til thick.

Pea and Ham Soup

I thought the soup needed a little something extra, so made up these parmesan croutons.  Just some chopped bread sprayed with a little oil, some grated parmesan on top, and bake at 180C for 10 minutes.

Parmesan croutons

Yum!

Parmesan croutons

They worked well together and the sweetie went back for seconds of everything :)

Pea and Ham Soup with Parmesan Croutons