Sautéed Snow Peas  (mangetout, pea pods, sugar snap peas)

Total time: 10 minutes
     Another of those fleeting spring vegetables.  Some say they are best eaten while standing in the garden and pulling them off the vine.  This is second best.

 Ingredients:

• snow peas - enough, 150gr, 5.3oz
• 1 tsp butter, 5gr, .18oz
• 1 tsp olive oil, 4.5gr, .16oz
• Salt and pepper

 Instructions:

• Clean pea pods - snip off the stem end...
• Heat butter and oil in nonstick skillet over medium heat.
•  Add pea pods and sauté 5 - 10 minutes, depending on size, stirring frequently. 
• Taste, when they are done to your liking, remove, add salt, pepper and serve.

 

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Nutrition Information               Recipe serves 2             Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:   140 / 70 Total Carbohydrates:  12 / 6           Dietary Fiber:   4 / 2 Total Fat:   8 / 4          Saturated Fat:  3 / 1.5 Cholesterol:   11 / 5.5 Protein:   4 / 2 Calcium:  65 / 32.5 Sodium:    35 / 17.5

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/