Crockpot Cooking: Poached Salmon

Poached Salmon -a crockpot recipe
It's summertime, and if you live in a horridly hot, or humid area you'll find cooking with a crockpot is a heavenly greatness compared to using your oven and heating up all of your air-conditioning. Here is a great recipe that all of my guys enjoy! I'll post another recipe soon on what you can do with it after it's cooked if you or your family are into casseroles.
-Enjoy!

Poached Salmon
4 salmon steaks or 2 fillets
1/2 pint water 1/4 pint white wine
1 teaspoon salt
2 bay leaves
2 peppercorns
1 sprig fresh rosemary fresh oregano and thyme, amount to your liking.
1 slice onion
1 sprig fresh parsley

Lightly grease the bottom of the slow cooker with EVOO or a cooking spray, then place the salmon steaks (or fillets) in the bottom. Put the remaining ingredients in a pan and heat until boiling. Pour over the salmon, put the lid on the slow cooker and cook at Low for approximately 3 hours.

PS: if you don't have white wine you can substitute with Port or Sherry.

Crockpot Cooking: Split Pea Soup

Left over Ham??? Have I got the solution for you! ;)

Crock Pot Split Pea Soup

Ingredients:
1 (16 ounce) package dried split peas, rinsed
2 cups diced ham
3 carrots, peeled and finely sliced
1 yellow onion, minced
2 stalks celery, plus leaves, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon seasoning salt (Kirklands Signiture seasoning salt is awesome)
1/2 teaspoon fresh pepper
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard*
1/4 cup dry red wine*
1 1/2 quarts hot water

Directions:
1. Layer ingredients in crockpot.
2. Pour in water, so don't stir.
3. Cover and cook on high 4-5 hours or on low for 8-10 hours.
4. Remove Bay leaves.
5. Let cool so you do not burn the bejeezus out of your mouth. ;)

ingredients marked with "*" are optional as in if you don't have them, you can make this anyways and it will come out great, but if you do have them, do not hesitate to use them, you can taste the difference.