Creole Black-Eyed Peas - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 slices bacon, fried crisp and crumbled
1 c. chopped onion
1 c. chopped green pepper
1 c. chopped celery
1 (10 oz.) can diced tomatoes and green chilies (Ro-Tel)
4 c. cooked black-eyed peas
salt to taste
1 bay leaf

Preparation

Saute onion, green pepper and celery in bacon drippings until tender.
Stir in Ro-Tel, black-eyed peas, salt, bay leaf and 1/2 of crumbled bacon.
Cook over low heat for 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add water, if necessary.
Remove bay leaf and sprinkle with remaining crumbled bacon just before serving.