You?ve never had a vegetarian split pea soup like this: creamy, light, and bright with the flavor of lemon, this Lebanese green split pea soup is adapted from Salma Hage?s beautiful Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook. Guilty as charged, I received this book for review last year and though I?ve flipped through it dozens of times...
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You?ve never had a vegetarian split pea soup like this: creamy, light, and bright with the flavor of lemon, this Lebanese green split pea soup is adapted from Salma Hage?s beautiful Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook.

Guilty as charged, I received this book for review last year and though I?ve flipped through it dozens of times (it?s a great coffee table tome) I?ve just finally got to cooking. A lot of the recipes read as rather simple but the flavors have been absolutely luxurious and I?m very excited to try more. Almost all of the recipes in the book are already vegan or have a listed vegan option. This cookbook is a great investment or gift because it’s gorgeous, with a high-quality hardcover binding and built-in bookmark, but full of approachable and (!) frugal recipes. I splurged on a bottle of pre-made za’atar blend for this humble vegan green split pea soup; but it can be reused for countless other recipes in the book. Everything else included in the recipe was either already in my pantry or only cost a dollar or two.

So yes, to pr...