Very Pea Soup

Ingredients

-7-8 cups of water/low sodium vegetable broth

-1 1/2 c dried peas

-1/2 c red lentils

-1 onion, cut up

-4 cloves garlic

-5 or 6 baby bella mushrooms. cut up

-1/2 red pepper , cut up

-2 carrots, cut up

-half a bar tofu or tempeh, cut into small cubes

-1 small potato, cut up

-1 Tbl.flaxseed and chia seed

-nutritional yeast

-spices of your choice

Instructions

1. Saute in water or broth: onions,  garlic, mushrooms, carrots, tofu/tempeh, potato.

2.   In big pot, add 7-8 cups of water/veg. broth, dried peas and lentils.  Bring to boil, lower heat to simmer and cook about an hour, when peas are soft.

3.  Add the sauted vegetables at the 45 minute mark.

4.  Add 1 cup of frozen green peas at about the 55 minute mark.

Note: any kind of miushroom or bell pepper can be used.  Spices and nutritional yeast to your taste.   I use red lentils because they ‘dissolve’ so quickly - can be left out.   I use 1/2 carton broth, and use water for the rest, to keep sodium levels down.  Amounts of vegetables above could be more, or less, depending on what you like.