A low-fat and healthy Slimming World-friendly split pea and ham soup maker recipe that's full of flavour and filling!
I am loving everyone's enthusiasm in my Slimming Soup Facebook group; it's so inspiring and I like to think we all bounce ideas off each other. And three years on after getting a Soup Maker for Christmas, I'm still learning little tips and tricks with it.
Last week I learned that cous cous and quinoa won't talk back to you so be prepared for some of these to be added in to the mix, although there are some things such as baked beans, passata, tinned stewed steak and some others that don't work. It can't all be perfect so I work around it.
But I also get a lot of recipe requests and others wafting their new creations on my laptop screen begging to be sampled; I just want to try them all and my soup list of desire is forever growing. That can't be a bad thing, surely?
So here is the soup recipe I christened my newly installed kitchen for my YouTube Channel, which is a Split Pea & Ham Soup.
Recipe
Ingredients
Frylight
250g split peas (soaked in water overnight)
200g lean ham (hold back 50g to top soups at the end)
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, peeled & diced
1 celery stick
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon thyme
1 ltr water
2 & half ham stock cubes
Seasoning
Method
- Drain and rinse the split peas that have been soaking overnight.
- Spray a large frying pan with frylight and saute all the veg on medium to low for approximately 10 mins or until the onions have softened.
- Transfer everything in to the soup maker (except 50g of the ham) and set to smooth. If you haven't reached the 1600ml line, then add a little bit of water until you have.
- Set to smooth, then serve and top with ham. Side Note: If you're using a pan, then simmer for around 30 minutes and blend.
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📖 Recipe
Split Pea and Ham Soup Maker Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- Cooking oil spray
- 250 g Split peas (1 cup) Soaked overnight & drained
- 200 g Cooked ham Chopped (hold 50g back to top soups at the end)
- 1 Onion diced
- 1 Carrot Peeled & diced
- 1 stick Celery Chopped
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 teaspoon Dried thyme
- 1 litre Water (4 & ¼ cups)
- 2 Ham stock cubes
- Pinch Salt
- Pinch Black pepper
Instructions
- Drain and rinse the split peas that have been soaking overnight (or see Note 1)
- Spray a large frying pan with cooking oil spray and saute all the veg on medium to low for approximately 10 mins or until the onions have softened.
- Transfer everything into the soup maker (except 50g of the ham) and set to smooth. If you haven't reached the 1600ml line, then add a little bit of water until you have.
- Set to smooth, then serve and top with ham. Side Note: If you're using a pan, then simmer for around 30 minutes and blend.
Disclaimer
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Laura
Hi is the 250g of split peas the dry weight before you soak them or the soaked weight? Thanks
vikkie
Before soaking them x
Claire
Hi my split peas say no need to soak, so would they be ok to use? Thanks
vikkie
Yes soak them first overnight and rinse before using
Vee
Hi Vicky... I eant to know if I can put the split peas straight into the Morphy R. Soup maker?
Thanks
Vee
vikkie
Hi,
You'll need to soak them overnight to remove any toxins.
Enjoy,
Vikkie
D
Interested to see you say passata just doesn't work in this soup maker. What problems do you get with it? I just tried passata in my Morphy Richards soup maker and the bottom burned horribly - that's what led me to your YouTube channel actually - your video about how to clean a burnt pan! So does passata always burn in the soup maker - is that the issue? Or is it the ratio of liquids to solids?
vikkie
Sorry to hear that! According to MR, you can use passata but needs to be thinned down with water. Personally I've never used passata but this has happened when I used two tins of tomatoes and very little or no water. Also, rice, baked beans and too much milk can burn too.
Hope that helps x