split pea soup

This rocks!  really...not kidding....teen boys ate it and didn't complain it looked like baby sh...um......well, we won't say.

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
2 large onions, chopped
1/2 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
2 cups dried split green peas, picked over and rinsed
5 cups water  (I used a box of low-sodium, non-fat chicken broth and then one cup of water)

a few pinches of smoked paprika
more olive oil to drizzle

rinse the peas, fry the onions in olive oil and salt in the bottom of a big pot.....add the broth and the peas when the onions are translucient (or carmalized if you are really good), bring to a boil, then simmer for 20 minutes....take out half and throw it into a blender then add it back to the pot...yummm.....decorate with the paprika and olive oil (I skipped the last two)....imagine it now with tiny chunks of carrots or sweet potatoes...yum!!!!