split pea soup

1 16 oz bag of dried split peas                       8 cups water
3 tablespoon of soy (weson) oil                     1  or 2 cup chopped veggies
2 teaspoon of rice flour                                 3 oz or more chopped ham or chicken
salt and pepper to taste

in a big pot or pressure cooker.  place oil and get hot.  add flour and mix well.  add 8 cups of water.  add the peas, veggies and meat choice.  cook as package for peas or until pressure is up and you can turn off the stove ( 15 min)  allow to pressurize.  If no one told you how to get the food out while pressurized  place under cold running water.   or you can wait a half hour before opening.  remember  pressure means it will blow if the pressure is up.  so please be careful and read manufactors warning before use. 

Suggestions:  carrots, potatoes, celery, onions in veggie cup.  or add your favorite as they tend to change the taste remember you want the taste of the peas.  overpowering veggies
keep to a minimum. 
Rice  cook as directed.    you can add to soups,  stir fry.   and as a seperate dish. remember when you cook it that you can add tomatoe sauce to make a mexican style rice which goes good with those beans.   or add chicken to it as it cooks to get some flavors from the bird for soup.  these are very good ideal to add veggies of your choice.  usual after cooking rice.  you can add to soup.  I alway make it smaller portion size.
I recomend buying a tortia press to make home made rice tortia.  this is just in case you can't have corn and wheat.  it is also good in the strict stage of the diet.
gluten free flour mix 

2 parts rice flour
2/3 potatoe starch
1/2 tapioca starch. 
rice flour tortias

1/2 zanathan gum
2 teasp sugar
1 teas salt or salt sub
2 tsp dairy sub flour
1 cup warm water
2 cups gluten free mix  ( see above)

mix all dry ingredients.  add water and beat at med speed 1 min.
form a small ball say 1 to 1 1/2 inch in diam.   use a press or place on plastic wrap and dust with one of the starches.  roll til size desire. 
heat griddle or large surface  cook 1 min per side.

like a corn taco type.  
Celery soup

Cut up a stalk of celery for sticks finger foods.  I usual take the top and remove the leaves. and add them to salads.  I chop the top portion for a soup pot.  then I take the middle or large middle section for sticks and then chop the bottom.  I do not eat the very bottom. I just cut that off.  and then I add some carrots which to 2 cups celery which you will get from your stalk cutting.  you can add up to 1/2 cup of carrots and I add several small herbs parsley and broccoli florals.   I then boil them til soft to place in a blender when soft and you have Celery soup.  add some no salt and pepper and maybe some garlic.  makes two serving portions of about a cup each.  the carrots help make it sweeter.
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