In the middle of January when you are surrounded by gray and craving just a bit of green...
...may I suggest California Pizza Kitchen's Pea and Barley Soup? Yes, yes, I know many of you are thinking you would just as soon eat nothing at all as to eat pea soup. But that would only be because you have not had this recipe.
This recipe in which each of the ingredients stands alone and does NOT get liquified. This soup has a nice consistency because of the barley and when you eat it you will feel like you are sitting at a sturdy wooden table in the kitchen of a farmhouse in the middle of Kansas in 1912.
Throw some cornbread in the oven to go with it and call it good. Winters were created so that we could make and enjoy hot and hearty soups. No scientist will convince me otherwise.
My husband and I compete as to who can make the best split pea soup. He likes the fork to stand at full mast in his, I like the spoon to barely float admist the waves. I would love a good cornbread recipe, I have the cast iron pan, so lay it down girlfriend:)
Posted by: Violet Cadburry | 01/28/2013 at 12:28 AM
Love this ever since Dottie sent it to me! If it gets too thick I thin it out with a little white wine....yum!!!
Posted by: Krissy | 01/28/2013 at 06:03 AM
Oh, and mine and dad's creation this weekend was bean and ham soup with some homemade stock. Delish as well and perfect for this cold, rainy day. Pair it with some crusty bread topped with caramelized onions....oooooohhhhhh:)
Posted by: Krissy | 01/28/2013 at 06:04 AM
I SO agree with you...winters come around so we can make thick, hearty, yummy soups...I've never met a soup I didn't like with the exception of Cioppino/Bouleaubaise...Fish soup. Fish in a tomato base just doesn't cut it with me. I prefer crusty sourdough bread with my soups...especially homemade. Since I love pea soup AND barley soup, the combo has got to be yummy.
Posted by: Joan Clarke | 01/28/2013 at 12:18 PM
I had a big bowl of my own smoked turkey with yellow split pea soup for supper tonight...with cornbread. It was divine and just the perfect meal on a wet and nasty January evening. Great minds and all that!
Posted by: Michele Unger | 01/28/2013 at 09:59 PM
I made this recipe last night for dinner. Oh my, how delicious! Thanks for sharing it.
Posted by: Djanelle | 02/01/2013 at 02:41 PM