Split Pea Soup

You'll need:

6 cups of water (I use chicken broth)
16oz dried peas
.5 lb of bacon
2 stalks of celery, chopped
2 carrots, sliced
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp of salt
1/4 tsp thyme









Combine everything in a large microwave container, cover, and cook on high for 12 minutes.  Stir and then cook on medium for 1 hour.  Put the peas through a blender to make a puree out of them and place everything in a large pot and simmer for an hour adding water if/when soup gets too thick.