New Peas for the New Year

Happy 2012!

To ring in the New Year I made some Good Luck 

Black Eyed Peas.

I simply got ingredients that 

sounded good at the time for this recipe.

Thankfully the recipe worked!

4 cans of black eyed peas

1/2 jar of pickled jalapenos

(However much spicy you can handle can be your gauge)

3/4 cup cilantro

1/2 lb. Boar's Head honey cured ham 

cayenne pepper

cracked black pepper

* Loosely chop or pull apart the cilantro.

I friggin' love cilantro so I could probably use the whole

bunch & be content

* Chop the ham to desired size

* Throw all ingredients into a pot & simmer on low 

for 1-2 hours. The cayenne & black pepper can be used

to attain desired level of flavor, but once again I 

probably use more than any normal person should. For me the more more flavor the better!

I also bought one small baguette of 

a honey oat bread, sliced it & warmed it 

up for about 20 seconds in the microwave

to serve with the peas.

For the beverage selection (small but workable),

 I got a cheap bottle of champagne,

a bottle of Martini & Rossi Rosato (leftover), 

 some bourbon I'd used over the holidays for another recipe

& a couple of pears & apples.

I sliced the fruit & put it in the champagne with a splash of the Martini Rosato.

AND FINALLY after spending a whole fifteen minutes in the kitchen

I had some time to throw on a little party dress

(an Anna Sui for Anthropologie dress I've had for about 5 years).

We ate our peas, drank our champagne

& still had enough time to walk to my 

favorite tiny Irish pub 2 streets from my house to 

ring in 2012!

Short- Sweet - & Simple!

Cheers!!