Black-eyed Peas With Sausage And Tomatoes

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black-eyed peas
• 1/2 lb hot italian turkey sausage
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• reduced-fat sharp cheddar cheese, shredded, for topping
• hot pepper sauce, to taste

Recipe

• 1 cook sausage in a little water in a large skillet over low-to-medium heat. break up sausage with a spoon; continue cooking and stirring until sausage is no longer pink. drain any remaining water (if needed).
• 2 add onion to sausage in skillet. continue cooking over low-to-medium heat until onion is tender; about 5 minutes.
• 3 open cans of diced tomatoes and black-eyed peas. drain canned tomatoes and one can of black-eyed peas, but do not drain the second can of peas.
• 4 add tomatoes (drained) and black-eyed peas (one drained, one with liquid) to the sausage and onion mixture in skillet. simmer, covered, for 30 minutes over low heat.
• 5 salt and pepper to taste, if desired.
• 6 sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese over skillet mixture.
• 7 serve with hot pepper sauce on the side, so each person may spice up his/her individual serving.