Sunny Splits Soup

Ingredients:

1/2 c Green split peas
1/2 ts Salt
(Jerusalem Artichokes)
3 md Sunchokes; cut in 1" chunks
3 Carrots; sliced
2 Celery stalks; sliced
1 Onion
1/2 ts Caraway seeds
6 c Water
1/2 c Red lentils
1/2 c Yellow split peas
Black pepper; to taste

Method:

Rinse peas and lentils.
Soak beans in 6 cups water up to 8 hours.
Using the same soaking water, bring the beans to a boil and skim off any foam that accumulates.
Add caraway, onion, celery, carrots.
Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 40 minutes.
Add the sunchokes, and salt and pepper to taste.
Simmer an additional 10 minutes until sunchokes are crisp-tender.