For many people, it’s a tradition to eat black-eyed peas for good luck as they usher in a new year. Whether you’re superstitious or not, my simple Black-Eyed Pea Hummus is worth trying if you don’t want to take any chances on having a rough year to come. In my family, we always ate a cold black-eyed pea salad of some sort and cooked cabbage – the green represents money and prosperity – on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day. This hummus alternative is made very similarly to the traditional style, but the black-eyed peas create an even creamier texture than the more common chickpea hummus.