Black Eyed Pea Soup

This great New Year's Day tradition is super easy and so good for you! It's a great winter soup that will keep you feeling full and warm on a cold January day!

Ingredients :
-1 Bag black eye peas
-1 onion
-2 carrots
-2 celery stocks
-2 tsp clery salt
-2 cups kale
1- tbs olive oil
-1 carton of vegetable stock
Salt pepper to taste


Directions:
Soak black eye peas over night. Rinse and set aside. Chop carrots onion and celery finely, put olive oil in a big soup pot and turn on stove medium heat. Add carrots onion and celery sauté till tender. Add a shake of salt and pepper and 1 tsp celery salt. Add black eyed peas and and kale. Fill pot with vegetable stock. If you haven't covered black eyed peas and vegetable minus kale with stock. Add water so all are covered except kale. Kale will cook down into the soup. Add remaining celery salt and a couple twists of salt bring to boil. Turn heat down to med low and simmer for 45 min. Take a sample of the broth to see if salt or pepper needs to be added. Simmer for another 45 to 1 hr. or until black eye peas are tender.

Serve nice and hot with a fat piece of crusty bread for dipping or a vegan grilled cheese!