Pea Soup (mom's recipe)

By rossboys

Ingredients

• 2 lbs rinsed peas
• 1 leftover ham bone with ham
• salt, pepper, garlic salt or powder
• 1 lg onion, chopped
• 1-1/2 cup celery, chopped
• 1 lb baby carrots
• 1 lb potatoes
• 1-1/2 cup pearled barley

Preparation

Step 1

Cook ham, bone and salt in water for about 1 hour. Add barley and continue to cook another hour on simmer; stir often. Remove ham and bone and separate ham into bite-sized pieces; discard skin, fat and bones.

Add onions, celery and carrots. Add potatoes last and pepper anytime.