Vegetarian Split Pea Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups split peas, rinsed and sorted
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 celery ribs, sliced
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 turnip, peel and dice (optional)
• 1 medium potato, peel and dice
• 1 cup brown rice, uncooked
• 8 ounces spinach, chopped
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 4 cups water (or more as needed)
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large soup pot, saute onion and celery in oil until tender. add carrots, turnip, and potato. saute about 5 more minutes. add water, broth, peas, rice, and spinach.
• 2 simmer until peas are tender (this will take about 2-4 hours), stirring every so often to avoid scorching. add water or broth as needed to keep soup from becoming too thick. add parsley, salt, and pepper in the last 30 minutes.
• 3 warning: if you do not add water during the cooking process, the soup will be very thick and the split peas may not soften!