Technically peas are not a vegetable but a small legume, in the bean family (Fabaceae) like lentils, peanuts, and chickpeas.

It’s big flavor with less fat and calories. Fresh black-eyed peas are a gift of summer. There’s nothing like freshly shelled field peas, a culinary icon in the canon of Southern cooking.

It looked so fresh and delicious that I knew I had to ... you're going to need canned black-eyed peas (also called cowpeas or field peas), garlic, apple cider vinegar, yellow mustard, hot sauce ...