Creamy Sweet Pea Soup

[Carmella]

Earlier last week, Mosaica pointed me to a pea soup recipe that immediately caught my attention.Super simple and totally delish!Here you go...

Creamy Sweet Pea Soup
Adapted from a recipe posted by Kelly here

Serves 4-5

3 cups sweet peas, thawed
1 avocado
2 cups cucumbers
2 cups celery
1/4 cup fresh dill
1/4 cup cashews, ground (optional)
2 cloves of garlic
1 green onion
1 tbs lemon juice
1 tsp miso
Water until desired consistency is reached
Salt, to taste

Blend until smooth.

If desired, serve with fresh chopped parsley and extra peas.

[Velvet]

Just my kind of soup!
But are frozen peas raw or blanched? I heard that some frozen corn is blanched, and some is raw, but I'm not sure about peas.

[Carmella]

Hum, not sure either...

[Tirza]

I believe that all frozen peas are blanched first.

[ani]

i think ditto with most corn - you can kindof tell...i am going to try and freeze a lot of my own corn and peas this year!

i want to try this, but am not a big fan of avocado in my soup...up the cashews? i will give it a try and let you know how it goes. this sounds scrumptious.

[Carmella]

Ani,

Please do let us know how it turns out with cashews only! It has become a staple in our house.

[Pirawna]

This sounds really nice. Very summery with the cukes in it. I'm printing it out. It might be nice to take with me this weekend.

[Pirawna]

Oh my, this is good. I'll post my pic tomorrow...

[ani]

reeeeally yummy - it worked fine without the avo. i didn't even up the cashews that much. it was super-creamy. kids even liked it. totally VIBRANT green. initial reaction of some was that it looked like weird baby food, but all agreed it was good. i drizzled olive oil on top and liberally ground fresh pepper.

i have REAL fresh peas in my fridge, just debating if i should sinfully blend the perfect things...i am sure this would be AMAZING with real fresh peas, but...i don't know that i have the heart!

[Carmella]

Glad you've been enjoying this soup as much as we do!

Oh, I bet the fresh pea version would be divine!

I still have to submit a recipe for GLiving and I'd like it to be a soup. I'm debating which of my many soup creations to go with. Think this one would be a good candidate?

Other options would be:

Creamy Zucchini and Lovage Soup

or

Popeye Gone Raw Cream of Spinach Soup

(My Just Like Campbell's Soup is already in.)

Soup lovers, what do you think?

[Pirawna]

Yes, this soup was a hit with my parents, even my SAD eating super picky mother really liked it. It was amazing.

I left my camera at home, so I can't upload my picture, but I didn't bother with too many cashews. And I was sadly out of celery so I threw in a bunch of parsley instead. I also threw some whole peas and fresh corn in it for texture.

I noticed many SAD eaters don't like "bisque" soups. Even in conversation I have heard this mentioned a lot. So I try to add bits and peices to my soups when serving SAD.

[Carmella]

Thanks for your feedback, Pirawna.

Last time we made it, we threw in some whole peas as well in the bowl - something we don't always do- and it seemed to taste even better than usual.

Once I forgot to add the cashews and noticed the soup was still delicious, so I don't bother anymore. I also started to throw in a handful of fresh parsley in the blender rather than adding it at the end.

[ani]

i love the spinach soup. i think you kind of have to be a green lover to love green soups, though. the tomato soup is fab...hard decision. i have been trying lots of the recipes from the e-books ( )...i will have a look through and see what i loved...that coconut soup? THAT might be good for the dinner you are doing (can be made a head of time!) i'll go over and post that there...

[maria84]

hey, this was good. the only thing that bothers me is that i don't think my food processor is fast enough. i have a cuisinart miniprep