Vegetarian Foods Archive

I made this Creole style Yellow Split Pea,  Red Pepper and Sweetcorn Soup last month, but I am seriously wishing that I was tucking into it this evening. It is getting proper cold now. This golden Yellow Split Pea and Sweetcorn Soup is enhanced with red pepper and a good dash of creole spice blend and fresh thyme from the garden.  I am sharing this with   Kahakai Kitchen .  Creole Yellow Split Pea,  Red Pepper and Sweetcorn Soup Serves 4 Ingredients 250grams yellow (or green )split peas, soaked overnight and rinsed well until water is clear 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion,s finely sliced 2 teaspoons garlic salt or 2 cloves garlic and 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 tablespoon Creole or Cajun Spice Blend ( Learn about the difference her e)  Optional: 1 teaspoon dried thyme or oregano 1 litre of vegetable stock 1 red pepper, cored and sliced into very small cubes 250grams sweetcorn, fresh, frozen or from tin, rinsed Salt and black pepp...

I  made this a couple of weeks ago on the weekend as we had no plans to go anywhere and it was pouring outside, very much like today. I had soaked some black eyed peas the night before and boiled them the following day to use for some dishes, including this one - Cajun Black Eyed Peas with the last of the summer vegetables from my garden plot.   D liked this dish a lot, mostly because it has sweetcorn in it. He likes sweetcorn. I haven't grown sweetcorn as in the past its not done well. However, I did see a number of gardeners who participate in Harvest Monday do very well with sweetcorn this year, but saying that I haven't seen fresh sweetcorn on the cob being sold at markets - so I guess it depends where you are.  I think we have had an interesting summer this year.  So I may give sweetcorn a go next year. The sweetcorn in this dish came frozen.  The recipe is adapted from the American Soul Food Chef Charita Jones, also known as Momma Cherri.  I...