St. Patrick's Day Pea Soup

This might just be a tradition.
So we plan to have Lucky Charms for breakfast. (or marshmallow mateys that we call lucky charms.) And for dinner we plan to have Pea Soup. I totally love this soup. My kids wrinkled their nose at it the first time but the second time I made it they said they loved it. So I thought it would be fun to make for St. Patrick's Day. Of course I like to make it with Jeanette's fabulous crescent rolls. Yum.

Cream of Fresh Pea Soup

2 TB Butter

1 TB chopped Onion

2 Cup Fresh or Frozen Peas

2 Cup Chicken Broth

2 Leaves of Lettuce

1 Cup Cut Carrots

2 Cup Cream

Cook together butter and onion for 5 min.

Add Peas, Broth, Lettuce, and Carrot

Cook until soft then blend in blender.

Pour back into the pot and add cream cook till warm.

Serves 6

(I blend half of it at a time so it doesn’t spill out of the blender. I hear it is also wise to use a glass blender so the hot soup doesn't crack the plastic. Do a quick pulse or two at the beginning with the lid on and let the steam out while it is off a time or two to start so the hot steam doesn’t blow the top off. Then blend well. You can also add a little cream if you don’t have enough liquid in the blender. You also need to pour the first blended mixture into a bowl while you pour the rest of the veggies from the pot into blender. I know the lettuce sounds odd to cook but makes the soup fresh. Also I have used milk instead of cream for those who like it less creamy.)

Rolls-

2 cups warmed milk

2 TBSP dry yeast

1/2 cup shortening or butter

2 tsp salt

1/2 sugar

2 eggs

5 1/2 to 6 cups flour

Dissolve yeast in milk, add the rest of the mix one at a time. Mix well, let the mix rise in a sprayed pan and covered. (should be a little sticky) Divide the doubled mix into 2 balls. Roll one ball on the sprayed counter into a 16" circle. Cut with pizza cutter into 12 triangles. Roll up starting at the wide edge of the wedge into crescent shaped rolls. Place on greased (big)cookie sheet. 3 rows of 8. Repeat for second ball. Let rise. Bake at 350 for 12-15 min.

I LOVE THIS RECIPE. Yum!!