Spicy black-eyed peas with pasta

[apollymi]

 Okay, I'm from Georgia. I'm probably giving up my honorary "GRITS" (girls raised in the South) badge by admitting that... I hate black eyed peas. I actually cannot stand them. There is no way that they can be cooked that I will enjoy them. However, it's traditional to have them at New Year's Day lunch for luck. So I have to find ways that I can stomach them for this one meal a year. This is one of them.

Ingredients:

• 4 oz small shaped pasta (I used elbow macaroni)
• 1 10-oz can black-eyed peas
• 3/4 cup picante sauce/salsa (pick your own degree of spice)
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 Tbsp onion powder
• 1/2 Tbsp garlic powder

Directions:
Cook pasta according to box instructions. Drain thoroughly and return to pot. 

Drain and rinse black eyed peas. Add to pot with pasta. Add picante sauce/salsa, sugar, onion powder, and garlic powder. Mix well. Serve hot.