Happy 2012! I decided to celebrate New Year's Day by cooking up a big pot of Hoppin' John (New Year's Peas). I'd never cooked with black eyed peas before and am not even sure our store regularly carries them since I only found one selection in a special part of the produce section and I'm suspicious they are seasonal. I got the recipe from Nava Atlas' Vegan Holiday Kitchen, which the local library got in just in time for my December cooking and baking extravaganza! ;-) It's a gorgeous book and I found many tempting recipes. The photographs are wonderful and I love the selection of recipes, from Thanksgiving through 4th of July and including even recipes for Easter, Hanukkah, etc. and some great tips on things that new vegans (or non-vegans who will be including vegans in their holiday festivities) would want to know, such as how to find vegan Easter candy.
Anyway, the Hoppin' John was tasty and surprisingly easy to make. The picture is rather dreadful, but my lighting wasn't good. At least you can see the "black eye" of the peas. The dish is touted as bringing good luck for the New Year. I hope so and that your New Year is off to a great start and will be full of good health, good food, and much joy.
Hi Kathryn,
ReplyDeleteI guess I'll see when I read the book, but what else is in this dish in addition to black-eyed peas?
They are a traditional New Year's food, but I've bought dried and canned black-eyed peas year round. And one of my favorite vegan restaurants in the Bay Area serves them year round.
Oh, and I hope they bring you good luck for 2012. ;-)
ReplyDeleteIt's tomato, onion, spices (don't remember off hand which ones, but it's not spicy like a jambalaya) and veggie sausage. Mmm! :-)
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