Recipe: Black-Eyed Peas and Greens

**UPDATE** we made a few changes the last time we made this, and prefer the results. The first version is good, the newer one is GREAT. Changes are in blue, below.

God Bless the Whole Foods.

On our last visit up to Louisville to go grocery shopping, a WF staffer was preparing this recipe and giving out samples. As a rule, we’ve always been impressed with the recipes Whole Foods features, and this was no exception. Logan even liked it.

This recipe is extremely healthy, quick (if you’re using canned beans or already cooked some the day before) and affordable. It uses items already in my pantry (win!) And what I had to purchase (dried beans, collard greens) are pretty cheap.

Collard greens have unique health benefits, http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=138 so we will be having this on a weekly basis and looking for other ways to add collard greens to our meals. Matt is kind of excited about that. He lives for collard greens.

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 red onion, diced

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 pound collard greens or cabbage or kale, cut ** use 3/4 head of cabbage

1/4 cup water

1/4 tsp salt

3 cups cooked black-eyed peas, rinsed and cooked* (see notes below)

1 cup no salt added tomato sauce

1/2 cup vegetable broth ** (see notes below)

1 TBSP hot sauce **increased to 1.5TBSP

1-2 TABSPs apple cider vinegar ** increase to 2.5 TBSP

1-2 tsps smoked paprika **1.5 tsp

 

DIRECTIONS

Saute the onion and garlic in a little broth until translucent. Add the greens or cabbage, water and salt. cover the pot and cook the greens about 10 minutes. Add the black-eyed peas, tomato sauce, broth, vinegar and hot sauce and stir to blend. Cover the pot and let cook for about 5 minutes more. Salt and pepper to taste. 

* For good step-by-step directions for converting dry black-eyed peas in to cooked black-eyed peas, go here: http://www.livestrong.com/article/477543-how-to-cook-with-dry-black-eyed-peas-and-beans/

**To make your own vegetable stock (And at $4/32oz for the organic stuff you really, really should) go here: http://sugarmamabakingco.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/veggie-stock-recipe/

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