Instructions:

Festive Black-Eyed Peas

This is delicious served over rice with garlic bread.

1 pound dried black-eyed peas, soaked overnight
3 cups water or enough to cover peas
1 pound link sausage or your favorite sausage
1 small onion, chopped
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1 teaspoon salt
8 ounces prepared barbecue sauce

Cook peas in water until just tender. Drain and retain 1/2 the liquid. Brown sausage and onions together. Drain. Place peas in a 3-quart casserole. Add sausage and onions. Stir in liquid, brown sugar, mustard, salt and barbecue sauce. Bake for 1 1/2 hours in 200 degree F oven.