Another favorite soup of mine is Split Pea Soup. Which is really funny because I don't like peas! But regardless never make Split Pea Soup because I never have a ham bone (I don't like ham either!). So I wanted to make Split Pea Soup a couple weeks ago SO bad I almost went to the butcher and bought a ham bone but instead I searched my favorite recipe site http://www.allrecipes.com/ and found this AWESOME recipe submitted by Cathy H. called Split Pea Soup with Rosemary. It is the BEST Split Pea Soup I have ever had and uses bacon instead of a ham bone. WAY cleaner too! Try it out today!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Split-Pea-Soup-with-Rosemary/Detail.aspx