sugar snap peas

Nutrition

They contain vitamins A and C, and B vitamins and minerals.

1 cup of snap peas equals 45 calories.
 
Selection

Select bright green, flat, tender pods.

If peas are developed, use as for green peas.
 
Storage

Store sugar snap peas in vegetable crisper up to 1-3 days.

Sugar snap peas are suitable for freezing, but not canning.

Frozen peas keep well up to one year.
 
Preparation

Sugar snap peas have strings that must be removed before eating.

To do this, pinch the very tip of the pea, getting hold of the string.

Pull the string up the straightest side toward the stem end; pinch off the stem end and continue pulling the string until there is no more.

They may be eaten raw.

Two minutes at simmer is enough to cook them.

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