Fast Soup For The Post-Fast Meal

I usually start the Friday night Shabbat meal with a big salad, but I don't do well on raw foods after fasting.  I need a very plain and simple to make vegetable soup. 

• a handful or two of split (dry) peas
• 1 large onion
• 1 large carrot
• a piece of dla'at, thick fresh pumpkin
• 1 green squash
• a few cloves of garlic

1. I put the peas in a pot* with boiling water. 
2. After an hour or so I added more boiling water and put up the flame so it would cook. 
3. After about a half an hour I chopped up the vegetables and added them to the soup, along with a spoon of oil. 
4. I added more water. 
5. When it started to boil I transfered the pot to a smaller flame.
6. Then I added pepper and parsley flakes.
7. I plan on adding miso before it's ready.

At this point it smells too good, and it's making me very hungry.

*around 3 liters.  I can't turn it over to check the size.