Black-Eyed Peas Rainbow Salad
Fast Facts
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Black-eyed peas were used on slave ships to cheaply feed kidnapped Africans on the months-long journey to the Americas.
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Enslaved African people used their expertise in farming and expertly cooking black eyed peas to survive.
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Black eyed peas for New Years' luck? Africa again!
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Lacinato Kale is popular among gardeners because of its colour and texture. Among the plants Thomas Jefferson recorded in his 1777 garden at Monticello.
What We Need
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1 cup dried black-eyed peas (iron + fiber + folic acid + heart healthy)
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1 cup Italian veggie sausage
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1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (reduce total cholesterol and triglyceride levels)
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2 cups chopped Lacinato Kale (antioxidants, vitamin C, vitamin K, and beta-carotene)
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1 cup chopped purple cabbage
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2 tbsp high quality - single origin oil (healing fat + protects against heart disease)
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1/4 cup chopped shallots (anti-microbial food +anti-inflammatory)
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3 tsp minced garlic (helps prevent flu, colds + heart healthy)
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1/2 tsp Calabash Hawaiian Black Lava Salt (electrolytes + minerals)
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1/2 cup shredded carrot (beta-carotene)
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1/4 tsp Calabash Spell on You Seasoning
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Calabash Cayenne Pepper (provitamin A and vitamin C)
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Juice of 1/2 lime or lemon (vitamin C)
This Is How We Do It
- Add black eyed peas to a large bowl with enough cold water to cover them by 4 inches. Refrigerate overnight then drain
- In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the Champagne vinegar and malt vinegar with olive oil, parsley, salt, and black pepper.
- Cover and chill up to 12 hours before tossing with cooked black eyed peas.