This morning after waking up from Mr. Frost biting my toes...seriously below freezing temps here! Checked my inbox and up popped a boot-scootin' cutiebatootie tradition from an old family friend. Here's what he wrote...
Happy New Year 2011
It is a tradition to eat black eyed peas for good luck on new years eve or new years day.......here is a great way to have a tasty good luck charm...Hope you have a magical year!!!!
Paul Versteeg
I'd serve this as a dip to tortilla chips, pita chips, or even as a topping to tacos or grilled meat. If you're an all things veggie slash vegan type - I'd eat this cuddled up in a tortilla as a main course. I plan to make it today - because obviously I totally want to have a perfectly lucky 2011. Duh.
Ingredients (tweeked from orginial):
1 can black eye peas rinsed & drained
1 can black beans rinsed & drained
1 red, yellow, and green pepper diced
1/2 red onion minced
1 cup frozen white corn
4 cloves garlic minced
½ bottle zesty Italian dressing
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
Season as much as you like with the following:
Cumin…2 tbs
Hot paprika 1 tbs
Onion salt 1 to 2 tbs.
Dry mustard 1 to 2 tbs.
Chili powder 1 to 2 tb.
Ground black pepper & salt
Couple of dashes of Tabasco or hot sauce
Worchester…couple dashes
The juice from 1/2 a lime
Directions:
Combine all this and let set (refridgerated) 2 hours or up to 12 hours overnight.
Just before serving dice one or two avocado, roma tomatoes, and chopped fresh cilantro.
Just before serving dice one or two avocado, roma tomatoes, and chopped fresh cilantro.
1 comment:
My MIL makes black-eyed peas and collard greens, yucko. This looks much better. I have a salsa recipe similar to this that I could eat with a spoon. Got it from Tanj. But I like that this has the black eyed peas. I could use this to carry on the southern tradition, but with my own twist. Great idea!
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