Crock Pot Split Pea Soup
3 cups dried split peas
12 cups water
1 chopped onion (or 1/2 cup dried)
6 chopped carrots (in bite size pieces)
6 celery stalks (sliced)
a few bay leaves
1 tbsp salt
Pepper to taste

Cook until peas are tender (you can put in at night and it may be done when you wake up!). Ladle out 1/2 into blender to puree. Add back to soup so broth is thick.

It took about five hours on high for my crockpot, and I didn't need to do the blending step, as it was thick enough for me.

2 pounds of dry pinto beans (no need to soak, just rinse)

1 cup onion, chopped fine

3 cloves of garlic, minced

12 oz chopped green chilies

1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder (made it once without this, and it's good, too!)

4 pounds pork roast (with our without the bone)

1 1/2 teaspoons of oregano

1 1/2 tablespoons of salt

Cover with water and simmer until beans are tender and meat falls of bone. Remove bone, return meat to crockpot. This takes about 6-7 hours in my crockpot.

Serve over tortilla chips (unless you're Liberian, then you eat it over rice). Add any toppings that you would to tacos: salsa, sour cream, cheese, olives, guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes etc.

We ate it wrapped in a warmed tortilla with many of the above toppings.