Hillbilly Caviar

My friend, Pam, gave me this recipe.  She called it "Hillbilly Caviar" and said she got it from Southern Living magazine.  It's an attractive, healthy, filling, vegan appetizer, and it makes a very decent amount for a small crowd of 20 or so.  Serve it with scoop-style chips or anything that can be hollowed (like maybe thick zuchinni slices).

Ingredients:

1 can black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained

1 can black beans, rinsed and drained

1 can niblet corn, drained

1 can chopped tomatoes, drained (I used the fire-roasted kind of chopped tomatoes, and it worked very nicely.)

1 green bell pepper, seeded, deveined, and chopped

1 orange bell pepper, seeded, deveined, and chopped

1/2 red onion, finely chopped (white or yellow works fine, too)

vegan Italian dressing, to coat

something to scoop the caviar with (like scoop-style chips or any edible, hollow thing - see intro)

Method:

Mix first 7 ingredients, then add just enough vegan Italian dressing to coat everything.  Serve with scoop-style chips (or any hollow edible thing - see intro).