Smoky Slit Pea Soup with Kale
Let’s Get Started!
Ingredients Needed
- 6 cups of veggie broth
- 1 Tbsp. liquid smoke
- A pinch of celery salt
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 2 cups yellow split peas, rinsed and drained
- 1 large Yukon gold potato, diced
- 3 carrots diced
- 2 big handfuls of kale, the tough stems removed and chopped into bite-sized pieces
- ½ tsp fresh chopped thyme
- Black pepper to taste
Directions
- Add broth, celery salt, liquid smoke, split peas, garlic powder, potato and carrot to a large soup pan and let boil for ten minutes.
- Bring down to a simmer, add thyme and cook for another r30 minutes and give it a good stir to help break up the split peas into kind of a mushy consistency.
- Add kale, stir through and cover.
- Cook for another 5 minutes, taste for seasoning and add pepper.
Benefits
Kale is great for opening blood vessels. Split peas have plenty of fiber and can lower cholesterol and blood sugar.
