Happy New Year, everyone! Kristen shares a delicious and traditional soup for the new year that’s good to eat all the way to Spring. Enjoy! -Kimi
The weeks leading up to New Year’s are spent in a bustle gathering gifts, attending holiday parties, cooking and eating. From Thanksgiving until the end of the year, there seems to be an emphasis on indulging in sweet treats and more food than our stomachs can handle. January first comes around and I find myself craving vegetables and nourishing foods. This black eyed pea soup is just that, a bowl of hearty goodness filled with leafy greens, comforting stock and really any root veggies that you have lying around.
The weeks leading up to New Year’s are spent in a bustle gathering gifts, attending holiday parties, cooking and eating. From Thanksgiving until the end of the year, there seems to be an emphasis on indulging in sweet treats and more food than our stomachs can handle. January first comes around and I find myself craving vegetables and nourishing foods. This black eyed pea soup is just that, a bowl of hearty goodness filled with leafy greens, comforting stock and really any root veggies that you have lying around.
Black eyed pea soup became a New Year’s tradition in the Southern states after the Civil war ended. The North had destroyed all the crops in the south but the black eyed peas and the cured ham. Those who were fortunate enough to still have these foods available considered themselves lucky and made it a tradition to consume them on New Year’s. So as the end of the year approaches I want to share with you this simple soup recipe, in hopes to bring you luck and prosperity in the upcoming year.
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