Crockpot Split Pea Stew

In a crockpot, combine all ingredients except for potatoes and peas. Set crockpot on low for 10 hours.

Do whatever it is that you do during the day. Come home to a delicious-smelling house.

For the final 2 hours of cooking, add in potatoes and peas. As an alternative, you can pre-boil the potatoes until soft and add them in with the peas 15 minutes prior to serving.

You can downsize this recipe so that it only feeds your family. However, if you make the full batch, for the same amount of work you can have one or two additional frozen bags of split pea stew in your freezer, ready for reheating any chilly day when you are low on time.

Nutrition info per 1 1/2 cups: 172 calories, 1 g fat, 12.5 g protein, 22 g carbohydrates, 8 g fiber