Ham Pea Soup With Lentils Weight Watcher Friendly 4 Points Recipes

LENTIL AND PEA SOUP (HAM HOCKS)

Steps:

• In a heavy (cast iron is best) dutch oven heat oil over medium heat.
• Add onion and garlic and cook about 5 minutes, stirring until soft.
• Add remaining ingredients except carrots,celery and lemon slices.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to low, cover pot.
• Simmer 1 1/4 hours.
• Add carrots and celery.
• Bring back to boil then reduce heat and simmer 40 minutes, uncovered.
• Remove pot from heat.
• Lift out hocks and bay leaf, discard bay leaves.
• Cool hocks enough to handle, remove fat and bones.
• Put meat back in soup. Stir and heat gently.
• Float a lemon slice on top of each serving.

HAM, PEA SOUP WITH LENTILS (WEIGHT WATCHER FRIENDLY - 4 POINTS)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat.
• Add onions, celery, carrots, garlic, thyme and oregano.
• Cook and stir until veggies are softened, about 6 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients, except parsley.
• Bring soup to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• Remove ham from soup -- and let cool slightly.
• Puree half the soup in a food processor and return to pot with remaining soup.
• Cover to keep hot.
• Cut meat from ham shank and return meat to pot.
• Discard bone.
• Stir in parsley.
• Taste soup and adjust seasonings, if desired.
• If soup is too thick, add water or chicken broth to water it down.

YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP (WEIGHT WATCHERS)

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, carrot, celery, and garlic.
• Cook, stirring until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add split peas, potato, broth, oregano, and pepper and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until split peas are very tender, about an hour.
• Stir in turkey and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes.

HAM AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, bring ham bone and water to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours. , Remove ham bone. To broth, add the lentils, tomatoes, carrots, celery, onions and seasonings; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until lentils and vegetables are tender, 30-40 minutes., Meanwhile, remove ham from bone; coarsely chop. Add the ham, sausage and parsley to soup; heat through.

WW HERBED SPILT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a saucepan, saute the onion, carrot, and garlic until softened 5 minutes.
• Add the split peas water and broth, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat and simmer until the peas are tender, approxiamtely 1 hour.
• Stir in the remaining ingredients.

CROCKPOT SPLIT PEA, LENTIL, AND BARLEY SOUP AKA WEIGHT WATCHERS

Steps:

• In a slow cooker, layer every ingredient except the broth in order listed (do not stir). Boil broth, then add to slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours or until vegetables are tender. 3Discard bay leaves before serving.