Black-eyed peas are supposed to bring good fortune if you eat them on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day. And who doesn’t need a little more good fortune!?

My recipe comes from Food and Wine. https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/black-eyed-pea-stew-sausage I have to admit we did not have quite the right ingredients so we ended up with a combo of frozen and canned black-eyed peas and pork plus turkey sausage. Since I did not have a jalapeño I used a can of Rotel for tomato plus jalapeño. I made a mix for corn bread which turned out to be not enough mix in too big a cake pan. It ended up being about 3/4” high. Nonetheless it all turned out pretty tasty and I am hoping for a lot of luck this year!