What's for breakfast/lunch/dinner?

Ok so I cook my soup in an I or pressure cooker. # if you dont use an IP then you need to let the peas swell in water overnight then drain and cook the soup for about 4 hours on a very low heat.

2 tbs oil
1 onion large
2 -3 carrots peeled and diced
2 celery sticks diced
1.5 tsp sweet paprika
1/2 tsp sea salt ( adjust to taste)
Freshly ground black pepper
pinch of fresh ground mustard or a nice tsp of decent mustard.


450gr green split peas
2 ltrs water
1 bay leaf

Meat; lots of people add all sorts I like a decent 500gr of ham hock smoked and two nice sausages from the butcher. ( lots of people prefer the Dutch smoked sausage ' rookworst' I prefer real sausage)
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selecting saute in the IP cut the sausage into slices and just let it brown slightly.
Take the sausage out to one side, put the celery onion and carrot to the pan saute until the onion is soft. Add the herbs and spices the peas, the ham hock and sausage, plus the water, stir.

Cook at high pressure for 35 minutes and then allow natural release .
if cooking on a stove top simmer for about 4 hours. Keeping an eye on the water.

After cooking discard bay leaf, lift out the ham hock which should fall to bits and shred it or chop (as is your preference) return to the pan stir it all again and serve hot.

I had a salad lunch yesterday. Today it will be pie and chips from the chippy.