Slow Cooker Split-pea Soup

Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb split peas
• 1 ham bone (with some meat left on) or 2 ham hocks
• 1 carrot, peeled and diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 small potato, peeled and diced
• 1 link smoked sausage, sliced
• 1 celery rib, diced
• 8 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste after soup has cooked)
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine peas, ham bone or hocks, carrot, onion, potato, sausage, celery, water, salt (if using)and pepper in a slow cooker. cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours.
• 2 remove ham bone; cut meat off bones, dice meat, and discard bones.return meat to soup.
• 3 taste and add salt, if needed. serve soup hot.