I slow cooked all of my New Year's Day lucky food on top of the stove today. Dish on left is cow peas, middle is organic brown rice, dish on right has collard greens. I ate mine on a blue willow divided dish and I had two helpings. It was so good. I should have made cornbread but I didn't. I thought I had black-eyed peas in my pantry but only had dried cow peas. They were actually better than the traditional BIPs. They are redder in color and have the same dark center. I emptied the bag in a pot and added 4 cups of boiling water and ended up cooking it for two hours and they were perfect. I had to add two more cups of water somewhere along the way. The rice took only 45 minutes and the collards 35 minutes. I like my peas on the soupy side. I had almost totally forgotten about this traditional southern meal until I got a text from someone in the midst of cooking hers with a ham hock.
Did you cook anything special for New Year's Day?
I found these birds on Google Images.
xo
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I prepared a pot of black-eyed peas, with apple sausage, onion and chicken stock. Fingers crossed they bring me lots of good things in 2023.
Happy New Year.
Karen B.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I wish I could have cooked up something special - our well pump froze up - so we've been without water for a week. We are shooting for water tomorrow - wish us luck. We are used to running out of water (very shallow well) - but still - hate to start out the New Year this way:) Best of luck for 2023! Karen
I'm sure my New Year's Day meal wasn't traditional, but in an effort to cook more with beans this year I cooked a mixture of red, black. and white beans, green split peas and barley. Made a red sauce with cumin and cayenne pepper as seasonings. Put the red sauce on top of the beans and added sauteed onions. Made oven roasted squash with garlic. Yum! We both loved it. Happy New Year, Rosemary. I look forward to all your wonderful posts in the coming year!
Karen -- Sounds like a delicious New Year's Day meal for good luck. xo, Rosemary
Karen -- Boo Hoo on a frozen well pump. Hope it's up and running today or tomorrow. All the best for you in 2023. xo, Rosemary
Mama Pea -- Your New Year's Day meal really sounds delicious. I am going to try to eat more beans this year too. I am already eating almost no meat. Today I am eating leftovers and you probably are too. xo, Rosemary
Happy New Year Rosemary!Thank you for sharing your many beautiful moments with us all year long.Three bean chili ( no meat) topped with a bit of cheese and cornbread.Year's ago when my teen aged daughter declared that she was a vegetarian,I stopped using meat in chili and have never gone back.xo
annette -- Three bean chili with no meat topped with cheese and cornbread on the side sounds like a perfect New Year's Day meal. xo, Rosemary
Your meal looks delicious! We ended up eating leftover lasagna, which was really good, but nontraditional for New Year's. If 2023 is rough, I'll blame my husband because he's the one who wanted lasagna!! Time will tell.
Adore those birds on the black branches in the moonlight. Wow!
Pam -- I like that awesome artwork too. xo, Rosemary
Pam -- I would have enjoyed eating leftover lasagna for my New Year's day but didn't have any. I'm sure your new year will be fine. That was nice of your husband to want something that was already made and just needed to be reheated. So easy for you!
xo, Rosemary
As for my New Year’s cooking: I started off my collards by browning up lightly maybe a heaping tablespoon of slivers of a sweet onion along with some chopped up pancetta. Then add the collards and add a very light Chicken broth (as much as needed) made with Better Than Bouillon (see below), salt and pepper, and cook to whatever degree of tenderness you like. My local farmers market most always has the smaller size fresh collards from California. I find the smaller leaf is very tender and good. As for the black eyed peas, I usually add some onion flakes or freshly chopped onion along with salt and pepper. I have been known to add a bit of “Better Than Bouillon” to the water, but water is fine. BTB comes in a creamy-texture liquid form that allows you to easily make as little or as much as you like at one time. One teaspoon BTB added to one cup boiling water makes about the right strength. Or you can adjust to your taste. A quick way to make broth if you don’t make your own or don’t have the canned/packaged broth in hand. Made from real roasted chicken.
JudyMac -- Judy, I like BTB too and always have a jar in my fridge. Thank you for the recipe for your New Year's Day collard greens. I cheated and cooked a whole bag of frozen chopped collards. My only New Year's resolution is to eat more greens and collards are far and away the most nutritious ones. Cooked the right way they can be delicious too. Happy New Year! xo, Rosemary
Our family culture never included any traditional food for New Year's Day, but I could get behind the idea of eating collards, because I love them so. I think I've only eaten black eyed peas once in my life, so I probably won't try to establish them as a tradition. But it's interesting to read about all your customs here and in the comments!
Gretchen Joanna -- Black-eyed peas are delicious. You should try them! Collards are delicious too once you know how to cook them. Kale gets all the hype but collards are way more nutritious. One of my friends cooked turnip greens for her New Year's Day feast. Any greens will do. xo, Rosemary
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