{"id":3450,"date":"2013-03-07T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:13:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:13:04","slug":"smoked-ham-and-split-pea-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/smoked-ham-and-split-pea-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight Watcher’s Inspired Split Pea Soup with Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We eat a lot of soup. \u00a0I’m sure you’ve noticed. \u00a0My husband hates peas. \u00a0These two are related – I promise. \u00a0Let me back up.<\/p>\n

I’ve never been a picky eater. \u00a0My whole life, I have eaten whatever has been put on my plate. \u00a0I prefer certain things over others, sure –\u00a0but I’ll try anything.\u00a0\u00a0Peas were my favorite vegetable.\u00a0 I requested them regularly. \u00a0When I was on Weight Watchers eons ago, I would eat entire cans of peas, because they were “free” on their points systems. \u00a0I love them. Then I married Kevin.<\/p>\n

He hates peas. \u00a0He can’t stand them. \u00a0The only kind he will TOLERATE are frozen, in pasta, or possibly a stew. \u00a0He has passed his dislike of peas to my sweet innocent boys. \u00a0Except my youngest boy, Ben. \u00a0Ben adores them. \u00a0We will open up a can of peas and happily eat out of it together. \u00a0I love that kid.<\/p>\n

Now comes the soup part.<\/p>\n

I originally wanted to try split pea soup because of weight watchers. \u00a0Peas, apparently, are one of best foods to eat when on weight watchers – at least they were 11 years ago when I was doing weight watchers. \u00a0I tried a few pea soups and they seemed rather bland. \u00a0However, I would suck it up and make this bland soup to jump start my diet at times. \u00a0It was thick, hardy, filling and maybe 2 points per bowl. \u00a0But I dreaded eating it.<\/p>\n

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Kevin never puts soup high on his list of dinners, but when I get on diet kicks (which come and go in spurts) the first thing he suggests is pea soup. \u00a0He has come to love this stuff. \u00a0And he tells the kids, “I don’t like peas, but I love pea soup”, which has in turn made them try it, because they all know his feelings on regular peas.<\/p>\n

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