I've started to notice a lot of food/recipe posts brewing in my mind lately. Hubs says it's because I haven't been sewing or knitting lately (although I'm currently scouring ravelry for new knitting inspiration), so cooking is my new craft. I guess he's probably right.
Okay, maybe peas aren’t the hardest thing in the world to prepare—you dump them out of the can or frozen bag into a small pot and heat them up... right? But as easy as they seem to be, I’ve always found my peas to be lacking. They are usually either totally bland or I try to season them and it just turns out weird.
So last night, I tried something new. We knew that the particular brand of jarred peas that I was using had a good texture (a lot of the peas here are really tough, no matter how long you cook them), but were really salty. Because of that, I strained the juice and rinsed them off before putting them in the pot. Then, I knew I would need to add some liquid to them, but didn’t want to use plain water. So I opened my fridge and there was the oh-so-yummy-looking jar of broth from the roasted chicken [insert link] that I had made just a couple of nights before. I poured about half of the jar on the peas and brought them to a boil before turning off the burner and letting them sit while I finished the rest of dinner.
They were delicious! Juicy and perfectly seasoned without any thought on my part about what I was doing.
Jude loved them too!
Okay, maybe peas aren’t the hardest thing in the world to prepare—you dump them out of the can or frozen bag into a small pot and heat them up... right? But as easy as they seem to be, I’ve always found my peas to be lacking. They are usually either totally bland or I try to season them and it just turns out weird.
So last night, I tried something new. We knew that the particular brand of jarred peas that I was using had a good texture (a lot of the peas here are really tough, no matter how long you cook them), but were really salty. Because of that, I strained the juice and rinsed them off before putting them in the pot. Then, I knew I would need to add some liquid to them, but didn’t want to use plain water. So I opened my fridge and there was the oh-so-yummy-looking jar of broth from the roasted chicken [insert link] that I had made just a couple of nights before. I poured about half of the jar on the peas and brought them to a boil before turning off the burner and letting them sit while I finished the rest of dinner.
They were delicious! Juicy and perfectly seasoned without any thought on my part about what I was doing.
Jude loved them too!
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