Vegan Crockpot Black Eyed Peas for New Year’s

(Brings good luck and prosperity in the New Year, but you can eat it anytime of the year.)

What you need:

1 bag of dry black eyed peas 

6 cups of broth (no chicken broth is good)

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 small onion, diced

1 bag greens (kale, chard, spinach, mixed, etc.)

1 bag of vegan pork (cooked and diced) (Omni brand is good)

1/3 cup BBQ sauce

Dash of garlic powder, salt, pepper

What to do:

Look through black eyed peas for quality assurance, removing impurities or other things that shouldn't be there. Put them in a dish and cover with water just above the top of them. Refrigerate and soak the beans overnight. The next morning, put the peas in a colander and wash and rinse them off. Put all ingredients in a crockpot and cook for 6-7 hours on low. Make cornbread to go with it (add some jalepenos to the wet batter). For the cornbread, you can use Jiffy vegetarian, and use soy milk and applesauce to make it in a round pan (when you use applesauce and plant based milk it turns out vegan). It turns out great!

I find the Omni vegan pork at Walmart in the freezer section, and the Jiffy vegetarian at Walmart next to the non-vegetarian one.