Slow Cooker Split-Pea Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb split peas
1 ham bone (with some meat left on) or 2 ham hocks
1 carrot, peeled and diced
1 onion, diced
1 small potato, peeled and diced
1 link smoked sausage, sliced
1 celery rib, diced
8 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste after soup has cooked)
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Preparation

Combine peas, ham bone or hocks, carrot, onion, potato, sausage, celery, water, salt (if using)and pepper in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low 8 to 10 hours.
Remove ham bone; cut meat off bones, dice meat, and discard bones.Return meat to soup.
Taste and add salt, if needed. Serve soup hot.