pea soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup of dry peas (organic dry peas have better flavor and will improve your soup greatly)
• 2 carrots chopped
• 2 stalks of celery diced
• 1 small onion diced
• ½ large potato or 1 small potato chopped
• 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
• 4 cups of purified water
• 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste