Mind Your PEAS and Qs: Today's Featured Recipe

Slow-Cooked Golden Pea and Ham Soup

Mindin' your Ps & Qs doesn't always hafta refer to staying on your best behavior, especially at the dinner table!

With today's featured ham recipe, fellow split peas give a pretty tawny color to hearty soup packed with Honeybaked Ham, carrots and seasonings.

Prep Time: 10 MinutesTotal Time: 8 Hrs 40 Mins Makes 5 servings

Ingredients:
1 bag (1 lb) yellow split peas, rinsed, sorted

1 cup julienne-cut carrots (from 10-oz bag)

½ lb of HoneyBaked Ham ,  chopped (1 1/3 cups)

½ teaspoon dried thyme leaves

½ teaspoon dried marjoram leaves

¼ teaspoon pepper

1 carton (32 oz) of low-sodium chicken broth (4 cups)

1 ½ cups water

Instructions:

- In 3- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients.

- Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours.

- Increase heat setting to High. Stir well. Cover; cook 30 minutes     longer.
-Makes 5 servings (1 1/2 cups each)

Here's to PEAS & Qs!
--The HoneyBaked Ham Douglasville Crew