Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

4 oz Diced smoked turkey sausage
-OR- ham (optional)
1 c Diced onion
1/2 c Diced celery
2 Garlic cloves; minced
2 c Low-sodium chicken broth
4 oz Black-eyed peas
--picked over and rinsed
1 Bay leaf
4 oz Long-grain white rice
1/2 ts Dried thyme
1/2 ts Pepper
1/4 c Chopped scallions
2 tb Minced parsley

"This traditional Southern dish is served on New Year's Day for good
luck throughout the year."

Spray medium saucepan with nonstick cooking spray. Add sausage, if
using; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes, until
lightly browned. Add onion and celery; cook, stirring until onion is
golden. Add garlic; cook, stirring, 1 minute more.

Add broth, black-eyed peas, bay leaf and 2 cups water; bring to a
boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour, until peas are soft but
not mushy.

Add rice, thyme and pepper; cover and simmer 15-20 minutes until rice
is just tender. Remove from heat; let stand 10 minutes, covered.
Sprinkle with scallions and parsley and serve.

Each serving (1-1/3 cup) with sausage provides: * 1 V,
1-1/2 P, 1 B, 10 C.

Per serving (with sausage): * 281 cal, 17 g pro, 45 car, * 4 g fat: 1
g poly, 1 g mono, 1 g sat; * 302 mg sod, 19 mg chol.

Each serving (1-1/3 cup) without sausage provides: * 1 V, 1/2 P, 1 B,
10 C.

Per serving (without sausage): * 238 cal, 13 g pro, 45 g car, * 2 g
fat: 0 g poly, 0 g mono, 0 g sat; * 50 mg sod, 0 mg chol.

Source: Wonderful World of Walnuts Rice (Weight Watchers Magazine in
association with The Rice Council
and The Walnut Marketing Board)

Reprinted with permission from USA Rice Council Electronic format
courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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