Every week we pull together some greatCanadian recipesfrom Canadian food bloggers around the web featuring one main ingredient or dish. This week, we're featuring fresh spring pea recipes!
Fresh spring peas... there is nothing like them. They're perfection. Sweet and juicy the way each little pea pops with flavour in your mouth. It's a taste that cannot be replicated with canned or frozen peas - no matter if those canned or frozen peas come from the store or your own back garden.
While peas are delicious all year round, they are truly one of those spring ingredients, along with asparagus, radishes, chives and early spring greens that need to be indulged in when they're fresh off the vine and in season. The flavour is second to none. Team them up with a few other simple ingredients that are in their prime and you will have a dish that surpasses expectations.
We love partnering fresh spring peas the best parmesan or proscuitto we can find. A splash of lemon juice can add a brightness while a drizzle of olive oil can help pull it together with a fresh pasta. Feta cheese, almonds, mint and spring garlic all pair up nicely with peas as you'll see in many of these dishes.
And can we talk protein here for a minute? Peas contain 4g of protein in a 1/2 cup serving and they're also full of fibre along with some other serious nutritional benefits. So these little flavour packets are also pretty good for you!
So celebrate that perfect pea while it's in season (they're not just for princesses!) with this delicious collection of spring pea recipes
1. Easy Fettucine with Bacon, Peas and Asparagus
This lovely light (and don't forget easy!) Fettucine with Bacon, Peas and Asparagus from Pina Bresciani is a perfect pasta dish for a spring or summer evening. It's just begging to be eaten outside, don't you think?
2. Spring Pizza with Asparagus, Peas and Proscuitto
by How to Eat
Pizza is a favourite with everyone and it's one of those dishes you can adapt to whatever is in season. So why not try this beautiful Spring Pizza with Asparagus, Peas and Proscuitto (and that gorgeous egg in the middle!) from Dara and Erin at How To Eat?
3. Couscous Green Pea Salad with Almonds and Feta
Lord Byron's Kitchen channeled his inner Nigella Lawson with this fluffy and flavourful Couscous Green Pea Salad with Almonds and Feta (hint... almonds and feta are gorgeous flavour companions for peas!).
4. Linguine Primavera
by Diversivore
5. Mockamole (Pea Guacamole)
by Jo and Sue
We love a good guacamole (who doesn't?) so when we saw Jo and Sue's Pea Guacamole we were intrigued. It sounds delicious! Jo and Sue also swear it makes an amazing burger topping as well!
6. 20 Minute Mini Ricotta Meatballs Over Lemon and Pea Rice
by Food Bloggers of Canada
We had to include one of our 20 Minute Meals in this collection. These Mini Ricotta Meatballs Over Lemon and Pea Rice is a fresh, fast and family friendly meal and we love the amazing Lemon and Pea rice that the meatballs sit on - it's spring on a plate!
7. Lemon and Pepper Alfredo Pasta Shells With Peas
Samantha at My Kitchen Love adds a hit of spring to the classic alfredo dish with her Lemon and Pepper Alfredo Pasta Shells with Peas. The zesty lemon and the spring peas brighten up this easy dish!
8. Sesame Sugar Snap Peas
Sesame oil and peas go together like a dream. Just like almonds, the sesame oil and sesame seeds add a wonderful nutty flavour to the peas. Everyday on Occasion put together this Sesame Sugar Snap Pea recipe that makes a perfect light snack that's so easy to make!
9. Pea Orecchiette Pesto Pasta Recipe
Basil is another ingredient that pairs up well with spring peas. If you've got some already growing in a pot on your balcony even better! Then you can make this delicious Pea Orecchiette Pesto Pasta Recipe from Dish 'n' the Kitchen.
10. Creamy Garden Pea and Mango Salad
This Creamy Garden Pea and Mango Salad from The Wine Lover's Kitchen really puts the spotlight on fresh spring peas. This would make a great side dish with a main meal in place of a green salad!
11. Sweet Pea and Spinach Mac & Cheese
SugarLoveSpices Sweet Pea and Spinach Mac & Cheese is a great way to to pack some extra veggies into a dish that everyone loves while giving it a beautiful spring colour. Plus these two veggies have growing seasons that overlap so you should be able to find both at the farmer's market at the same time!
12. Vegan Baked Lentil and Pea Nuggets
These Vegan Baked Lentil and Pea Nuggets from This Healthy Kitchen are some pretty protein and fibre packed nuggets! Not only do they have fibre rich peas and lentil but they've also got corn, carrots and zucchini and a great seasoning combo!
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