How many of you eat greens and black eyed peas for good luck on New Year's Day? My family always did that while I was growing up, so I usually try to do the same to keep up that tradition.
Okay, so this year I admit we went out to eat on January 1st! I was too lazy to cook. haha However, we did eat our good luck meal on the 2nd.
First, I sautéed some green and red peppers and chopped up leftover HoneyBaked ham. (I would have used onions but we have a family member who can't eat them.)
Then I dumped in a bag of frozen field peas and a bag of frozen collards. And followed up with about 3/4 of a box of chicken broth.
I simmered them until hubby got home, which ended up being about an hour. It takes at least 30 minutes for the peas to get tender.
It made a nice soup! You could also thicken it up and make it more like a stew, but I didn't want to add calories. I also served these new grapes I recently discovered. They really do taste like cotton candy to my daughter and me! (Hubby didn't agree.) However, once you eat a few, you don't really notice any more--and I decided I like regular grapes better. Still, it was fun for something different!
I also wanted to share these gorgeous chocolates my daughter-in-law got me! She bought them at a store in downtown Duluth, Georgia, called The Chocolaterie. They make them there. Almost too pretty to eat!! ALMOST. Because the box is nearly empty now. ;)
Happy Friday, Missy!
ReplyDeleteThe greens and black-eyed peas tradition is definitely a southern thing! I didn't grow up with it, and we didn't adopt in when we lived in the more southern states.
But those frozen greens! I use them in all kinds of things. They're so easy to saute, or add to soups and stews. That's my kind of convenience food. :-)
The chocolates - do they taste as good as they look?
Jan, the chocolates are sooo good!! And all different flavors. So yummy!
DeleteMissy, growing up a Michigander like Jan, I didn't even know what a black eyed pea was until I moved to Texas. Still, most of my in-laws who are Texas born and bred, don't adhere to the Hoppin' John on New Year's much either, so I rarely even think about it.
ReplyDeleteAs for the chocolates... YUM!
Mindy, my dad loved hoppin' John! He used to make that year round. :)
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