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Black Eyed Pea Soup

December 31, 2013 By cookingintherockies 8 Comments

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Eat this and you will have good luck!

Eat this and you will have good luck!

Eating black eyed peas on New Years Day will bring you good luck! Well not sure of that, but black eyed pea soup is a hearty and healthy way to start the New Year!

I sure needed a good dose of homemade soup after coming off of a great week visiting my brother’s family in New Jersey!  We had a jam packed week that included a trip to NYC, ice skating, lots of walks, cookie decorating, seeing the musical Oliver, lots of great meals and of course Christmas Day!  My nieces are seven and ten and it was so great to spend time with them witnessing the magic of Santa. The look on their faces when they saw the tree with all their gifts was priceless!  I am so blessed to have such an amazing family but probably my greatest joy is getting hugs from the girls.

So now back at home in Denver and the end of year organizing has begun! I started organizing on Sunday and made this black eyed pea soup. My house smelled so amazing and I figure if I eat this all week, I’ll have really good luck in 2014! LOL! All kidding aside, why take a chance? The people in the South eat black eyed peas every New Years Day!


So that being said, eat your Black Eyed Pea Soup, try something new, love and laugh often, try not to stress and be happy and healthy in 2014! Wishing you all the BEST in 2014!

Cheers,

Heather

Black Eyed Pea Soup
Recipe Type: Soup
Cuisine: American
Author: Heather Blake
Happy New Year good luck soup!
Ingredients
  • 1 pound dried black eyed peas
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup onions diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 4 carrots cut into rounds
  • 1 red pepper diced small
  • 1 pound smoked sausage (I used Turkey), cubed
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves (or 1 tsp dried)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 6 cups chicken broth (preferably homemade)
Instructions
  1. Place beans in a large sauce pan, cover with water and bring to a boil. Boil beans for 5 minutes and remove from heat. Let stand for one hour. Drain and set aside.
  2. In a dutch oven heat olive oil and saute onions, pepper and garlic for 5 minutes.
  3. Add sausage, bay leaves, thyme, beans, salt and pepper and stir until well incorporated.
  4. Add chicken broth and simmer until the beans become soft. This took me about an hour and a half.
  5. Serve and enjoy.
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Comments

  1. Onion head says

    January 12, 2014 at 12:19 AM

    I generally don’t like this type of soup even though it is a New Year’s tradition. Yet I feel the addition of sausage gives it a very savory kick which made me wish New Years Day came every weekend. Keep up the good work Heather!

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  2. Jodee Weiland says

    December 31, 2013 at 5:11 PM

    This soup recipe looks really delicious! I’m going to have to try this recipe soon!

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    • cookingintherockies says

      January 6, 2014 at 12:08 PM

      Thanks Jodee! I hope you do! Happy New Year!

      Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      January 12, 2014 at 12:11 AM

      Thanks Jodee! I hope you try it! It was yummy!

      Reply
  3. Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch) says

    December 31, 2013 at 1:46 PM

    Looks better than how I was going to make black eyed peas. Pinned and shared on Google +.

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    • cookingintherockies says

      December 31, 2013 at 1:49 PM

      Thanks Lea Ann! I have extra if you want! Happy New Year!

      Reply
  4. Larry says

    December 31, 2013 at 12:53 PM

    Looks similar to the dish we are making. Happy New Year Heather

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      December 31, 2013 at 1:50 PM

      Happy New Year Larry! Hope that 2014 is great!

      Reply

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