Soup Recipes: Healthy Canned Options and Homemade Pho

Soups are excellent for managing hydration during a fever or relieving constipation with lentils. From thick split pea to light miso, learn how to lower sodium in canned soups and fix flavorless homemade chicken broth.

How to Thicken Split Pea Soup

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Natalie Smith

Rich, thick split pea soup is a culinary masterpiece. Legumes such as peas are natural thickeners, and when you add potatoes to the mixture you should have a soup so thick that a spoon can almost stand up by itself in it.