This morning, about 5 minutes after I finished my breakfast, I busted out a garbage bag and I literally threw away all of the sweets in our house. Well, I saved the kids stocking candy for them, because that would have simply been mean but, besides that- all the sweets went into the garbage. And it felt good. Really good.

I love, love, love Christmas but, the only downside is all of the junk food that’s left over.

So anyway.

The leftover ham was too delicious to toss out so, I made our favorite Hearty Split Pea Soup with it. This recipe is a slow-cooker recipe and it’s totally delicious and easy. Basically, you throw all of the ingredients into your crock pot, don’t stir it, come back 4-6 hours later, add a touch of milk and then serve it.