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The snapper fillets can come accompanied by fries and bread or, through January, with black-eyed peas, greens and hush puppies for good luck in the new year.—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026 Swap in black-eyed peas and canned collard greens for a New Year's Day soup.—Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2026 Cracker Barrel once routinely served a traditional New Year's Day fare at its restaurants, touting complimentary black-eyed peas for customers in social media promotions — but that seemingly stopped a few years ago.—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026 Remember to eat your black-eyed peas and collard greens!—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for black-eyed pea