This week I was trying to come up for air following the Thanksgiving holiday. As we went away, I came home to an empty refrigerator and no food.
The bright side was my family got freshly cooked food every day. Who doesn’t love fresh food over leftovers?
In general, I try to create meals that include a protein, a carbohydrate, a salad, cooked vegetables and fruit, if desired. Several times this week, however, I realized that we were low on prepared vegetables.
In these situations, I always try to have frozen vegetables as a back up.
Here is my fast and easy way to serve frozen peas.
Ingredients
Peas
Fresh garlic, crushed
Prepared Mustard
Salt and pepper
Optional: white wine
Instructions
Put peas in pan and add the other ingredients. Voilà, fast and easy elegant peas.
Here is the picture:
I am a time challenged cook. But, adding wine, fresh garlic and mustard gives humble frozen peas an elegant touch.
Enjoy!
My husband loves peas but I get tired of just plain peas all the time. This will be a welcome upgrade and I’m sure he’ll love them made this way! Thanks for the recipe!
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Enjoy! It’s funny, but just adding a few ingredients upgrades the humble peas to a more gourmet level. Thank you for reading.
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I love stir fried peas, my mom used to make them when we were kids, but as with all south-asian food , they tend to be a bit on the spicy side:D
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Please share what spices you used! My husband loves South-Asian food.
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My mother made it very simple. She would add crushed red chilli flakes to give it some kick and fry a bit of cumin before adding the peas. There is a spice mix called “chaat masala” (found in all Indian grocery stores) You can add that as well according to your taste.
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Thank you!
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Mustard is an interesting idea. I use frozen peas all the time. This would make them more interesting. Thanks for the idea.
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My pleasure!
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I’m a pea devotee and unless you grow your own and can get them into the pan in moments flat frozen are so much the best choice. You have given me a lovely new idea which I am definitely going to try. Thank you and welcome home 🙂
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Thank you. Shelling peas is also time consuming and I rarely see them sold in the pods now.
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Sounds very lovely and elegant! yumm
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Yes. And simple too!
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yes which I love!!! always simple is best
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