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closeup of pomegranate black eye pea salad

Pomegranate Black Eye Pea Salad

December 27, 2024

closeup of pomegranate black eye pea salad

Each new year begins with a New Year’s good luck recipe featuring black eye peas. Although it’s a Southern thing, we’d all do well to invite good energy into our homes with tasty food. Continue reading

dipping into creamy black eye pea dip

Creamy Black Eye Pea Dip

December 27, 2023

dipping into creamy black eye pea dip

A new year begins in less than one week. Good luck comes in the form of delicious food, particularly if the food in question is black eye peas. This Creamy Black Eye Pea Dip with southwest flair comes at the perfect time for sharing your kitchen with ones you love. Continue reading

bowl of mediterranean black eye pea salad

Mediterranean Black Eye Pea Salad

December 20, 2022

bowl of mediterranean black eye pea salad

The new year begins in less than two weeks. Are you ready? Got something fizzy for New Year’s Eve? The celebration is complete with good luck food on New Year’s Day. In past years I’ve published dishes with black eye peas, the southern symbol of good luck. They resemble little coins. Paired with something green and gold, the money symbolism inherent in these tasty peas is obvious. Continue reading

slices of pimento cheese cornbread

Pimento Cheese Cornbread

December 26, 2021

slices of pimento cheese cornbread

Enjoy foods for good luck this New Year’s. Not only Hoppin’ John, but also cornbread which symbolizes gold and prosperity. Black eye peas resemble coins and greens reflect paper money. Increase your chances with this Pimento Cheese Cornbread, combining two popular southern cooking exports: pimento cheese and buttermilk based tender cornbread.

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