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This soup is amazing. Healthy and chock-full of chicken, black-eyed peas, spinach, quinoa, onions, carrots, and celery. For a hearty and delicious plant-based soup, omit the chicken.<\/p>\n

We love traditions surrounding the holidays. In the South, eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is thought to bring good health and prosperity for the coming new year.<\/p>\n

Here’s to a healthy, happy and prosperous 2020!<\/p>\n

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Call me superstitious, but I grew up on this tradition and my Mom never missed serving up black eyed peas on New Year’s Day…even though we weren’t from the South.<\/p>\n

And you’ll want to have this perfect good-luck meal not only on New Year’s day, but all through the year.<\/p>\n

Easy Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n

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• In a large saucepan,<\/a><\/strong> saut\u00e9 onions for 5 minutes. Add minced garlic and finely diced jalape\u00f1os and cook for another minute.<\/li>\n
• Add chicken or vegetable broth, 2 bay leaves, and fresh thyme sprigs and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add quinoa, celery, and carrots and reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until quinoa is cooked and veggies are crisp tender.<\/li>\n
• Discard bay leaves and thyme sprigs.<\/li>\n
• Add shredded chicken (or omit for a hearty plant-based option), spinach, cilantro, and mint. Simmer uncovered for 5 minutes, until the spinach is slightly wilted and chicken is heated through.<\/li>\n
• Ladle the soup into bowls. Garnish with cilantro and serve with lime wedges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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  Squeeze that lime!<\/p>\n

  Healthy and refreshing! Enjoy with a side of\u00a0Sweet Potato Cornbread.<\/a><\/p>\n

  Chef Joel’s Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n

  Some batches of quinoa can have a bitter taste due to quinoa’s natural coating, called saponin. This natural coating protects the grains from being eaten by birds.<\/p>\n

  However, much of the quinoa sold in the U.S. is pre-washed before it’s packaged. If the package does not state pre-washed, for the best flavor, rinse quinoa before cooking.<\/p>\n

  Check out this small colander<\/a> <\/strong>for rinsing quinoa, rice, and other small grains.<\/p>\n

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