"Sugar snaps" is a term used to describe a specific type of edible peas. These peas are known for their sweet taste and crunchy texture when eaten.
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To give you a taste of the gems you'll find in the book, I put together this simple seasonal salad of fresh
sugar snap peas with pecans and feta.
I received a lot
of sugar snap peas in the organic veggie delivery box and have been trying to come up with different ways to cook them.
Spread hummus on a plate and top with about 1
cup sugar snap pea mixture (reserve remaining mixture for another use).
Since they are a spring veggie, look
for sugar snap peas at the farmer's market right now or in the supermarket produce section.
Am I crazy or does the picture look
like sugar snap peas instead of chickpeas?
This easy salad features
crunchy sugar snap peas and roasted pumpkin seeds for salty crunch.
The only thing is that the recipe does
include sugar snap peas in the ingredients sections, but doesn't mention how they are prepared!
To make this dish even faster,
buy sugar snap peas with the strings already removed; they're sold in 8 - ounce packages at some supermarkets.
I also
keep sugar snap peas in my fridge for late night cravings (try it, it works great!).
As a kid, we used to
grow sugar snap peas in the early summer garden — so happy to have them year - round today my market.
This time of year I'll pick out the
largest sugar snaps in the pile, shell and eat them right out the shell.
We talked about how that huge bunch of purple kale could make a beautiful salad base together with the rainbow chard, mint flowers and
purple sugar snaps.
They look like
giant sugar snap peas, but when you cut them open, you'll notice that the pods have a furry lining.
They're so precious that even though it might seem like a crazy thing to do
during sugar snap pea season, I'm recommending that you make soup using frozen ones.
You can increase or decrease the size of this recipe by remembering you'll need one garlic clove for every cup
of sugar snap peas.
Add sugar snap peas and bell pepper; stir - fry 2 minutes or until vegetables are crisp - tender.
Since they are a spring veggie, look
for sugar snap peas at the farmer's market right now or in the produce aisle at your supermarket.
A big pile of veggies doesn't seem doable — but just a few do: My first grader
likes sugar snap peas.
There are these little bags of
sugar snap peas showing up on the shelves of our natural foods market, and they are SO tempting.
As I said, the salad was fun to create, too: spiralized zucchini is tossed with shredded carrots, thinly sliced red cabbage and instead of edamame (which would be good, too), I added
sweet sugar snap peas.
Mound rice and mango salad in center of large platter; surround with
sesame sugar snap peas.
Filling: 1 mango 1/2 cucumber 2 carrots 1 avocado 1 small pack sprouts 1 small
pack sugar snap peas 1/4 wild cabbage 1 handful cashew nuts or peanuts (chopped) fresh coriander (cilantro) fresh mint leaves