Mrs. Eddie Mae's Green Pea Soup

• 1/4 cup butter
• 4 cups shredded lettuce
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 3 13 ounce cans chicken broth
• 2 10 ounce packages frozen peas
• 1 cup milk

In a 3 quart sauce pan over medium heat, in hot butter, cook lettuce and onion until tender, stirring often. Add flour, sugar, and coriander. Slowly stir in broth; add peas; reserving a few for garnish; cook covered for fifteen minutes.

In covered blender, blend mixture a cup at a time; return it to the pan. Add milk, reheat. Garnish with reserved peas.

• Yields: 10 servings
• Preparation Time: 1 hour