This is my new favorite soup, just can't get enough of it. Eat it today, feel great tomorrow. |
• 2- 15 ounce can of BLACK EYED-PEAS • 1 bunch of COLLARD GREENS chopped bite-sized • 5 cups WATER • 1 LEMON • GARLIC, minced, 2-3 cloves or to taste • 1/2 cup fresh CILANTRO • 2 tablespoon TOMATO PASTE • 1 tablespoon OLIVE OIL • SEA SALT & PEPPER |
• Saute garlic in olive oil for about one minute. • Stir in tomato paste. • Add collard greens and the liquid from the canned black-eyed peas, water, salt & pepper. • Simmer on low heat for 10 minutes. • Add roughly mashed black-eyed peas. • Cook for about 15 minutes until collards are tender. • Add the juice from the lemon and the cilantro. • Simmer for another 15 minutes. |