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Dinner: 064	Split Pea Soup --Favorite Cardio-Fusion Diet Choices--
Posted by: Klaus Stories of Members The Books Community Supported Agriculture Getting Started with Cooking Veggie-Dinners Medi-Dinners	Dinner This is an easy to prepare any-time meal using only simple readily available ingredients, like onions and split pea staples.	Served This basic split pea dish provides a satisfying meal without requiring sophisticated ingredients. It can be modified in various ways but will always satisfy even the greatest hunger.
	Get in Advance: 2 cups of dried split green peas, picked over and rinsed 6 cups of water 6 tablespoons of low-salt low-fat vegetable broth 2 large onions, chopped 1 carrot, peeled and chopped (optional) 2 cloves of garlic, minced juice of ½ lemon, zest reserved Have On Hand: Crisp Bread	Ingredients
	Recipe (Adapted from and expanded to low-salt low-fat-vegan diet (Esselstyn Plant Diet) from www.101cookbooks.com): For 4 (generous)-to 6 Portion. Prep time: 2hrs. Pre-soak Dried Split Peas Pick over peas carefully for removing debris and small rocks Wash extensively under running water Add 6 cups of water Bring to a boil for 2 min and let peas soak for 1 hour. Let cool down, drain peas and preserve the cooking water. Braising of vegetables Chop the onions Braise in a large soup skillet until brown (5 min) Add minced garlic and stir briefly, cool down Thereafter, add 1 cup of water for solubilizing the caked caramelized layer. Add carrots and simmer for 5 min with closed lid. Cook the pea soup Add 3 cups of soaking water and drained peas Add vegetable broth powder (6 tablespoons) Bring to a boil and then simmer for 30 min (until the peas are soft and expanded) Let cool down, add fluid so that expanded peas are just covered (1 cup) Puree Add lemon juice and zest of ½ lemon Set 2/3 of the cooked peas aside (in the soaking pot) Puree with NutiBullet the remaining third and then add the set aside peas and mix the combined parts. Add water as desired for adjusting the consistency of the soup. Serve Enrich with vegan Hot Dogs Serve with salad and bread	Workplace A blender is needed for pureeing Picking over the dried peas for debris Peas soaked for one hour in hot water
	Cutting the onions	Braising the onions
	Solubilizing the caramelized layer	Added ingredients ready for cooking
	Cooked for 45 min	Adding lemon juice and zest
	Purreed half of the cooked peas	Prepared
This simple pea soup is so easily and quickly prepared from staples and again it came out just right. I enriched it with cut “hot-dogs” making it a satisfying meal, serving maximum ½ hot dog per serving. The soaking time and cooking time were just right.	Enrichment	Pureeing one half
	Combining all	Served
Back to Dinner Quick Reference	Preparation 1 lb dry Split Peas and 6 cups of water, 2 min boiled and soaked for 1 hr. Drained, with soaking water reserved 2 onion, chopped and braised, 3 garlic cloves, minced, and 1 cup of water for deglazing Add 2 carrots, chopped cook for 5 min Add peas, soaking water filled up to 3 cups total with water, 6 Tbs. vegetable broth and cook 30 min. After cooling down, add water to just cover expanded peas.	Add juice and zest of ½ lemon. 1/3 pureed with NutriBullet The expanded recipe (see to the left) provides 6 portions of 1 ½ cups each enriched with 1 1/3 vegan hotdogs.
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