Home > Recipes > Sunny Snow Peas

Sunny Snow Peas Recipe

Photo by: Taste of Home

Kathleen Bailey of Chester Springs, Pennsylvania turns crispy snow peas into something special by tossing them with a lovely honey-orange sauce. "I enjoy serving fresh vegetables," she says, "especially when I can prepare a sauce like this that seems to add the bright warmth of the sun."

This recipe is:

Healthy

Quick

Please log in to rate this recipe

*Username or E-mail:
*Password:

Forgot Your Password?
Remember me
Not a member? Join Now »

Rate Sunny Snow Peas Recipe

*Click on stars to rate

Would you make this recipe again?

Write a review

*required

6 Servings
Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Ingredients

1/2 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon butter
1 to 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 pound fresh snow peas or sugar snap peas

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine the orange juice, honey, butter, orange peel, salt and cardamom; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until mixture is reduced by half, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in another saucepan, bring 1 in. of water to a boil. Add peas. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 3-4 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and transfer to a serving bowl. Add orange juice mixture and toss to coat. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving (2/3 cup) equals 81 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 218 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 vegetable, 1/2 fat.

Sunny Snow Peas published in Light & Tasty April/May 2002, p10