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title: Black eyed peas
date: 2008-09-17T15:09:45Z
modified: 2008-09-17T15:09:45Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/black-eyed-peas/"
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status: publish
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wpid: 303
categories:
  - Recipes
tags:
  - black eyed peas
  - green chiles
  - Moosewood cookbook
  - "New Year's dish"
  - quinoa
author: Elizabeth
---

I couldn’t resist picking up a pound of black eyed peas at the farmers market the other day. Only problem was that I didn’t have a clue what to do with them.

![Black eyed peas with garlic](http://elizabethyarnell.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/blackeyedpeas.jpg "BlackEyedPeas")

Black eyed peas with garlicI emailed a girlfriend who had once made a delicious black eyed pea New Year’s dish from a recipe she had found in one of

Mollie Katzen’s cookbooks, [Sundays At Moosewood,](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DJ3018?ie=UTF8&tag=lizoneandmore-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001DJ3018) I think. But, I didn’t hear back from her and my peas were begging to be used. So I decided to wing it and make something up with what I had on hand.

I started by sauteeing chopped garlic in olive oil. Then I put in the shelled peas, a can of diced tomatoes, and a can of chopped mild green chiles. A little sea salt while it simmered for ten minutes or so, and when the peas were softer I spooned it over quinoa and served it with grilled chicken coated in barbecue sauce.

It wasn’t quite like Mollie Katzen’s black eyed pea recipe I remembered, but the whole family loved it. A variation on this will likely show up somewhere as a [Glorious One-Pot Meal](http://www.gloriouspotmeal.com "one pot meal"), since you could easily replicate this wholesome and balanced meal with the GOPM method. Alas, it’s too late to make it into the next book, [Glorious One-Pot Meals: A RevolutionaryNew Quick and Healthy Approach to Dutch-Oven Cooking](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076793010X?ie=UTF8&tag=lizoneandmore-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=076793010X)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=lizoneandmore-20&l=as2&o=1&a=076793010X) (due out January 6th!), but it’s going into my files for sure.


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