RE-cipe sharing: Texas Caviar w. Black Eye Peas

Texas Caviar is a favorite dish of mine for 2 reasons. First, it is an easy to make appetizer.  Second, it is also the most delicious way to eat Black Eyed peas on New Year's Day.  There is a long time Southern legend that eating Black Eyed peas on New Year's Day will bring you good luck.   I know it seems silly, but it couldn't hurt to eat some, right?  I got one of my sisters-in-law, Sonia, to volunteer her Texas Caviar recipe for the blog.  Be warned, this is a very addicting dish.  Once you start dipping in your tortilla chips, it is hard to stop.  The Italian dressing adds a lot of flavor and helps hide the taste of the black eye peas if you are not a fan.

SONIA'S BLACK EYE PEA RECIPE

1 Can Trappey's Black Eyed Peas with jalapeno

1 Can Bushes Black Eye Peas with Snaps

Drain liquid

1/3 chopped red onion

1/2 chopped green bell pepper

3-6 chopped medium tomatoes

1/3 Bottle Lite Wishbone Italian Dressing

Mix all together and refrigerate for a couple of hours.  Serve with Tortilla Chips.

The photo above is from a post on Rustic/Western tablescapes that I just posted HERE.  Texas Caviar makes a great appetizer when serving BBQ or Tex-Mex.   I served it above in margarita glasses with tortilla chips and placed it at individual place settings.  No need to share!  LOL.  Whenever I have served it, everyone has loved it.

WRITTEN BY ELDAROSE

RE-ceiving Guests: New Year's Eve table

Individual clocks were pulled from different rooms and placed at each place setting to countdown until the new year

Silvery and glittery pinecones add a festive touch to white roses.

For this New Year's Eve table, I decided on a white and silver theme.  The plates are my wedding china.  The silver plated chargers were purchased through amazon.com.  The crystal is my wedding crystal, Waterford Sheila. I wanted to set a formal table so I have a water goblet, a wine goblet and a champagne flute set at each place.  The napkin is wrapped with a silver ribbon.  I bought silver boxes from Michael's for favor and each has noise makers and  a paper crown inside for the midnight countdown.  I have small crystal clocks throughout my house so I pulled them all to place them at each setting for the new year countdown.  Silver candlesticks and white roses with glittered pine cones are the centerpieces.  I didn't have a silver table cloth or runner so I simply laid silver ribbon over the table cloth to add a bit of sparkle to the table.

WRITTEN BY REBA

See the rest of our tablescapes from this year at our Tablescape Round-up

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