Split Pea Soup, Vegetarian, Easy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb split peas
4 (14 ounce) cans vegetable broth
1 cup onion, Diced
2 tablespoons butter
4 carrots, Diced
1 cup water
salt and pepper

Preparation

Rinse and pick through peas to remove any unpleasant bits.
Bring 2 cans vegetable broth to boil in large saucepan.
Meanwhile, saute onion in butter until just translucent, not soft.
Add split peas and cooked onion to broth. Cook about 1 hour till peas are very tender, adding more vegetable broth as needed. You do not want too much broth.
In a separate pan, cook carrots in water till tender. Chop into fine pieces.
When split pea mixture is soft, puree in a blender or food processor till it is creamy and smooth.
Return to pan and add finely chopped carrots.
Heat through and serve. Soup should be very thick and creamy.