split pea &carrot and ham soup

Ingredients For split pea &carrot and ham soup

• 1 lb

  yellow or green peas
• 2 qt

  water
• 1 sm

  ham hock, smoked
• 1 slice

  large ham steak i use cooks ham and cut in small cubes
• 1 sm

  sweet onion chopped
• 2

  cloves garlic,minced
• 1

  bay leaf
• 1/2 tsp

  dried thyme or marjoram
• 1 c

  chopped carrots
• 1/3 c

  chopped celery
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 1/4 tsp

  pepper