BATON ROUGE, La. — After all the fancy holiday food, a bowl of simple soup seems just right. The easiest soup to make from scratch is split pea. You don’t have to presoak the split peas overnight, so ...

I discovered split green peas long after I left India. While you can find many variations of yellow split peas there, the green ones were not as common or as popular as they are in this country. Here ...

Split peas are a healthy diet staple most of us learned to love only during adulthood. While they’re often the star of a hearty soup, split peas are versatile enough to include in a variety of ...

Green split peas are an underrated winter staple, probably because slow cooking isn’t as popular these days. But they’re one of my must-haves, especially paired with a good value ham hock. Together, ...

This recipe is from “Soup’s On” by June Ruopp. She says it is one of her husband’s favorite soups. Add a salad, hot bread or rolls, and you have a meal fit for a king. Heat bacon drippings in a large ...

Find the Instant Pot split pea soup recipe here. Split pea soup needs to taste like it was simmering for hours in a concentrated ham atmosphere, something biologists would take samples of back to the ...

If pancetta is too expensive, by all means try other cured hams, or even boiled ham. I have used a new product from my deli called Italian Hot Ham, and the heat is absolutely perfect. And if you are ...