I guess I was in the mood for yet another 'green' soup. My green colored vegetable of choice this time was split peas. This soup was inspired by the split pea soup at California Pizza Kitchen. I have fond memories of CPK back when I was living in Monterey CA. Who has time to cook when you're working on a Master's thesis? The barley in this makes it extra hardy and easy to get full with. I served it with some homemade sourdough sesame crackers. The added excitement of the night while making this was an explosive mishap with the blender.... green goo everywhere!
