Dinner for One - Beefy Peas

Don't hate me but these pictures really are terrible.  It is impossible to make split peas look delicious since they have this terrible muddy green color about them.  Not to mention that I am using my 3Gs iPhone with bad lighting to take these pictures.  They have no hope.

All that being said, I am loving eating these meals.  It is a one pot wonder at it's best.

Start by boiling one cup of peas with 2 cups of water for about 30 minutes.  Keep an eye on them and if they start to run out of water then add more.  Try to not add too much water so the leftovers aren't soupy.  As the peas are boiling toss in the beef and any extra flavors.  The beef I used was about a cup of leftover roast.  When you stir the peas the beef will shred into the soup.  Depending on how salty the beef is you may want to toss in some bouillon, but isn't really necessary.

Here is my first bowl of soup the night I made this.  Looks yummy, no?

Since there were plenty of leftovers, I did my favorite thing to do...create a patty/cake out of it.

Combine
1.5 cups of the leftovers
1 egg
1/3 cup flour

Drop roughly a quarter cup of the mixture into bread crumbs then flatten the mixture out in a hot skillet that has a bit of oil.  Cook both sides until crispy and you get something like this.

The texture and taste were pretty awesome.  I served them with dijon mustard, sour cream and sriracha.

Since I really don't eat much there are still two portions of soup left and one portion of the patties.  The leftover patties are going to go into a tortilla with some mustard and arugula for lunch one day and the soup will just be reheated with some water to thin it out a bit.   Who knew peas could be so versatile?