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Easy Vegetarian Split Pea Soup
by Kristy Small
serves: 4
  Recipe from 101cookbooks.com
Ingredients:
  1 TBSP   Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  2   Large Onions, chopped
  1/2 tsp   fine grain sea salt
  2 Cups   dried split peas, picked and rinsed
  5 Cups   water or vegetable broth
    juice of 1/2 lemon
    smoked paprika to taste
    olive oil to drizzle
Directions:
  Add olive oil to a big pot over med-high heat. Stir in onions and salt and cook until the onions soften, just a minute or two. Add the split peas and water. Bring to a boil, dial down the heat, and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the peas are cooked through (but still a touch al dente). Using a large cup or mug ladle half of the soup into a bowl and set aside. Using a hand blender (or regular blender) puree the soup that is still remaining in the pot. Stir the reserved (still chunky) soup back into the puree - you should have a soup that is nicely textured. If you need to thin the soup out with more water (or stock) do so a bit at a time. Stir in the lemon juice and taste. If the soup needs more salt, add more a bit at a time until the flavor of the soup really pops.

Ladle into bowls or cups, and serve each drizzled with olive oil and topped with a good pinch of smoked paprika and a touch of lemon zest.

Recipe from http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/vegetarian-split-pea-soup-recipe.html