PrintShallots have a delicate flavor caught somewhere between onion and garlic, but subtler than either. Shallots always add a nice touch to dishes, but they can be hard to find, difficult to peel, expensive, or all three. If you’d prefer not to use a shallot here, use 1 scallion, thinly sliced.
Ingredients
2 teaspoons vegetable oil, such as olive or canola oil
1 shallot, minced
1 yellow summer squash (8 ounces), halved lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise
½ pound sugar snap peas, strings removed
1 package (10 ounces) frozen peas
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon tarragon
Directions
1. In a large nonstick skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the shallot and cook until tender, about 2 minutes.
2. Add the yellow squash and cook, stirring frequently, until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes.
3. Stir in the sugar snaps, peas, lemon zest, salt, and tarragon, and cook, stirring frequently, until the sugar snaps and squash are tender and the peas are heated through, about 5 minutes. Makes 4 servings
Nutrition Facts
| per serving | |
| calories | 110 |
| total fat | 2.8g |
| saturated fat | 0.4g |
| cholesterol | 0mg |
| dietary fiber | 6g |
| carbohydrate | 17g |
| protein | 6g |
| sodium | 337mg |
Good source of: fiber, folate, magnesium, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin B6, vitamin C
Kitchen Tip
Sugar snap peas are completely edible, except for the tough string that runs down the inside (curved) part of the pod. To string a sugar snap, grab the blossom end (the end with the stem) and pull down, as if you were unzipping a zipper. The string should start to pull away from the pod naturally. In larger sugar snaps, there may be a tough string running down the outer side of the pod as well.
If you are carefully watching your sodium, be sure to read this before preparing this recipe: Sodium Intake and Salt in Recipes
From The Johns Hopkins Cookbook Library: Recipes for a Healthy Heart, edited by Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. and Lora Brown Wilder, Sc.D., M.S., R.D.
