Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  12              cups  water (up to 14 cups)
  2               cups  yellow or green split peas
     3/4           cup  chopped oniions
  2               cups  sliced carrots
  1                cup  diced celery
     1/4           cup  minced fresh parsley
  1         tablespoon  fresh dill (up to 2 tbsp)
                        or
  1         tablespoon  dried dill
  1           teaspoon  celery seeds (up to 2 tsp)
  2          teaspoons  salt (up to 4 tsp) -- or to taste
  1           teaspoon  fresh ground pepper
  3             medium  potatoes -- peeled and cubed
  2        tablespoons  margarine -- optional

Preparation:

pb's notes: see notes at bottom for pressure cooker modifications. original directions: This is a nice change from ham-based pea soups. Serve with country bread and butter. Serve with cooked noodles (any shape or size) - optional. Bring peas and water to a boil. Skim off foam and reduce heat to simmer and add onions, carrots, celery, parsley, dill, celery seed, salt, pepper. Cook until p[eas are softened (about 45 minutes) then add potato cubes and continue cooking over low to medium heat until peas are completely dissolved (approximately 1 1/2 hours). Stir to blend soup. Adjust seasonings, stir in margarine, adding more salt, pepper and dill to taste. Reheat on very low heat. Freezes well. pb's notes: Tried this first using yellow split peas. Was quite good, but it took my soup a much longer time to get done. Decided to try it again adapting the recipe to the pressure cooker. This is what I did: Dumped everything into the pressure cooker, omitting the margarine, but adding 3 tablespoons olive oil to minimize sputtering and foaming. Pressure cooked on high for 10 minutes. Allowed cooker to reduce pressure naturally. I like a stronger dill flavor, so I added another tablespoon of dried dill. This is a great soup. It pressure cooked well, cutting the preparation time down tremendiously. Give this one a

Nutritional Information:

635 Calories (kcal); 24g Total Fat; (32% calories from fat); 12g Protein; 99g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 494mg Sodium