Split Green Peas and Ham

I want to appreciate my sister for getting the blog set up. In her honor, I made a Louisiana dish as my first entry. This is not in the Pastry Queen's book.  Although I like to think of myself as a rule follower this does not apply to cooking. In the kitchen I break the rules regularly and since I am usually the sole mad scientist, no one knows the difference. This recipe was taken straight off the back of the Camellia Brand green split pea bag. It is my experience those are good recipes-even fail proof as they have to be something the average Joe can handle. I had some left over ham that I wanted to use. It turned out the really be less that I thought so I added 3 slices of thick bacon to give the dish some additional meatiness. 

Ingredients?

Onion, ham, carrots, peas, chicken broth, garlic and bacon if you feel the need. 

Cut up the bacon in small pieces. 

Chop all the ingredients-or ingredientses if you are a Miranda fan. 

Get out a medium size heavy pot and lay the bacon in there. Cook it down till brown and crispy. Take the bacon out and drain. Keep the bacon grease in there and throw in the onion and carrots. I covered them to sweat them down. Add in one chopped garlic clove (or squeeze some in from a tube, just sayin'). Once you feel they have begun to tenderize, add the ham and the 6 cups of chicken broth. It said to cook for two hours but mine was done in about an hour. 

I was pretty sure the boys were going to boycott the ham and peas due to the green color. I attempted to attract them with the garlic Bisquick biscuits as a benefit of eating the peas. They have excellent inference skills and knew the peas go with the biscuits. Both gave the peas a thumbs up and I congratulated myself on (1) using all the ham and (2) making a meal with vegetables involved.