Black Eyed Peas | Violife

Ingredients

• 1 pack Violife Original flavour creamy
• 2 cups dried black-eyed peas picked over and rinsed
• 300 g pound collard greens chopped and tough stems removed
• 600 g can tomatoes
• 2 onions diced
• 2 ribs celery, diced
• 1 cup green bell pepper diced
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 6 cups water
• 1 ½ tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tbsp hot sauce
• ¼ tsp chili flakes
• ½ tsp chipotle pepper
• ½ tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• additional water (or vegetable broth) as needed
• salt & pepper to taste