Mr. Frost chose to wake me up by gnawin’ on my piglets this am…seriously below freezing temps here! Checked my inbox and up popped a boot-scootin’ concoction from an old family friend. Here’s what he wrote…
Happy New Year 2011
It is a tradition to eat black eyed peas for good luck on new years eve or new years day…….here is a great way to have a tasty good luck charm…Hope you have a magical year!!!!
I’d serve this as a dip to tortilla chips, pita chips, or even as a topping to tacos or grilled meat. If you’re an all things veggie slash vegan type – I’d eat this cuddled inside a tortilla as a main course. I plan to make it today – because obviously I totally want to have a perfectly lucky 2011. Duh.
Ingredients (tweeked from orginial)
- 1 can black eye peas rinsed & drained
- 1 can black beans rinsed & drained
- 1 red, yellow, and green pepper diced
- 1/2 red onion minced
- 1 cup frozen white corn
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- ½ bottle zesty Italian dressing
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- Season as much as you like with the following:
- 2 T Cumin, 1 T hot paprika, 1 T Onion salt, 1 T dry mustard, 1 T chili powder S&P, hot sauce, worchester, to taste. Juice from 1/2 lime.
Directions:
Combine all this and let set (refridgerated) 2 hours or up to 12 hours overnight. Just before serving dice one or two avocado, roma tomatoes, and chopped fresh cilantro.
I have a recipe with a similar feel to this one, that was given to me by a friend also. It is called “Texas Caviar.” We love it! I don’t make it very often, but I should!
“Texas Caviar”
3 cans tomato w/ green chilis
1 can corn – drained
1 can black beans – drained
1 small onion – chopped
1 fresh jalepeno w/ seeds
1 avocado – cut up, leave one seed in the bowl for less browning
1 bunch cilantro
1 1/2 package taco seasoning
garlic salt – to taste
salt & pepper – to taste
2 tbls vinegar, or until the smell changes (?!)
It is DELISH!! We use it as a salsa, but like you said, you can use it for pretty much anything you like!
I tried both recipes.. cowboy caviar and texas caviar. I will make the cowboy caviar for New Years day because of the black eye peas, but I must say I LOVED the texas caviar!