Black - Eyed Pea Soup

 Ingredients:

1/4 cup olive oil

2 onions- chopped

1 turnip- diced

1 cup black eyed peas OR 1  15 ounce can

7 cups vegetable or chicken stock

2/3 cup rice ( I used quinoa)

salt and pepper

1 bay leaf

6 tablespoons lemon juice

pinch of cumin

Directions:

Pour oil into a soup pot and saute onions for 2 or 3 minutes- or until they turn golden.

Add turnip, black eyed peas, broth, rice ( or quinoa), salt, pepper and the bay leaf and bring the soup to a boil. Reduce the heat to low- medium. Cover the pot and simmer slowly for 45 minutes or until the peas are cooked.

Add lemon juice and cumin- stir well.. Allow to sit covered for 5 minutes.

Remove bay leaf and serve hot

Recipe from the above cookbook- one that kept. 

I'm on a soup FB page and someone put a photo of the above book up and I was- YES, I think I still have that one. Took me awhile to find it but was so happy it was still with me.

Since Black Eyed Peas are a New Years According to Southern tradition, eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day will bring a year's worth of good luck and/or monetary gain. Black-eyed peas are also traditionally served on Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year).

Maybe since I'm making soup and a dip with black eyed peas my future lottery tickets may be winners! Hey- you never know.