Joybee, What's for Dinner? : Green Pea Soup

Monday, December 29, 2014

Best of the Month November 2014

A recap of my most popular posts from November 2014.

I hope everyone is having a good holiday season and a Merry Christmas (if you celebrated). I haven't changed much in my blog lately. I had 3 posts pass 400 views this month so that's pretty cool. My blog seems to be steadily improving and gaining followers. I love to see how it's improving from the beginning.

Now for this month's most viewed:

Green Pea Soup

Healthy and easy, frozen, green peas pureed in a flavorful broth for a creamy and delicious, vibrant green, soup. 441 views and 36 +1s.

Last years most viewed of November:

Black Bean Soup

A creamy, flavorful, and meatless soup made with black beans and spices. Filling enough for an entree. This now has 766 views.

Back to this month:

Chicken Green Curry Noodles

A light and flavorful, but spicy, green curry with chicken, veggies, and broad rice noodles. 408 views and 23 +1s.

Turkey Bacon Cream Cheese Pinwheels

Soft and chewy English muffin dough rolled around cream cheese, turkey, and bacon. 419 views and 17 +1s.

7 Great Ideas for Pumpkin Cheesecake

A roundup of pumpkin cheesecakes shared with the Great Idea Thursdays link party. 392 views.

Blue Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dip

A warm and spicy dip made with cream cheese, sour cream, blue cheese, chicken, and buffalo sauce. 341 views and 51 +1s.

Check out last year's Best of the Month November:

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy.

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Green Pea Soup

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Healthy and easy frozen green peas pureed in a flavorful broth for a creamy and delicious, vibrant green, soup.

(Updated 2/21/16: New pictures, pin-ables, Tweet-ables, similar posts, and minor editing)

Green peas are very nutritious. They are high in fiber and protein while being low in fat and contain many antioxidants. My husband loves peas and we always have a huge bag of them in the freezer. You will notice two different looking soups in this post because they are from different batches (same basic recipe with just minor alterations). I was pleasantly surprised when my husband started requesting this soup regularly. I've made it often since the first post. I love the flavor and nutritional benefits of this soup and am happy my husband does too. It's a quick and delicious way to prepare frozen peas.

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I have a kind of love-hate relationship with peas. I know that they are healthy and try to use them regularly but they aren't my favorite vegetable. It's not even the taste. I don't mind the flavor but it's the work it takes to eat them that makes me less of a fan. This may seem like a silly reason to avoid a food but I can't help it. I'll have peas on my plate and try to take a scoop of them only to have them roll away or fall off my fork or spoon. It should not be so difficult to get your food into your mouth!

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That is why this soup is so great. It's simple and delicious and stays on your spoon. It also contains a lot of peas. 1 1/2 cups per serving to be exact and that is a lot of fiber and protein. I don't think even my husband (the pea lover) would put that many peas on his plate.

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Green Pea Soup

Cook time: 45 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp butter or oil
1 cup onions, chopped
1 clove garlic, smashed
3 cups green peas, frozen
2 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth
2 tsp dried basil
2 Tbsp guacamole/avocado puree (or cream)
salt and pepper to taste

In a large sauce pan, saute the onions in butter or oil until tender. Add the garlic, peas, broth, and basil and bring to a boil.

Lower heat and let simmer for about 30 minutes.

Remove from heat and puree the soup with the guacamole until creamy. (Most of the recipes I looked at used cream to make the soup creamier. That would be great but I didn't have cream on hand and did have some guac. Avocados are creamy so that's what I used and it was delicious. It also makes this soup vegan, if your guac is vegan, and if you use oil and vegetable broth too. I've also used sour cream in this soup with great results.)

Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste.

Makes 2 servings. It's great on its own or paired with crackers or a sandwich. (my husband added some Habanero Hot Sauce to his and said it was delicious)

Enjoy.