Tag: sugar snap peas

Stir Fried Beef and Sugar Snaps

I have to laugh as I put together this recipe because my little bag of sugar snaps? It’s all gone. I ate it while I was pulling together these recipes. But maybe you showed more restraint?

It’s a long list of ingredients, but goes together really quickly. If you don’t keep oyster sauce on hand, it’s ok to just skip it.

Pearl Couscous with Sugar Snaps

Pearl couscous is small, round, toasted pasta with grains about the size of peppercorns. You’ll generally find it next to rice and rice mixes in your grocery store. This side dish lends itself to all kinds of dressing up. Add chicken, shrimp or tofu, or stir in some Parmesan or your other favorite cheese.

notes about sugar snap peas

Another real treat in this week’s box was the pint container of sugar snaps, an edible-podded pea with sweet thick shells and tiny peas. Sugar snaps were the creation of Calvin Lamborn, a plant breeder and virologist, who spent many years in the process of breeding them. He was introduced to a pea with a…
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