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Frozen Peas

11/25/2018

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​Sometimes you need to say “screw it” to all that healthy veggie stuff, pull out the frozen peas, microwave them and chow down.

I’m all for eating healthy. My wife and I love many different types of fresh vegetables and work at cooking them different ways to add flavor and diversity.

Most cooking is not difficult. You can steam vegetables quite quickly, and find different types of spices to vary the flavor. Most days that works for us.
 
There are days though you put together a main dish, focusing on that, and you completely forget about the side dish. You’re tired when you get home. Motivation is gone. You’ve pulled together creative recipes relentlessly and your brain goes dry.
 
Look in the freezer. Pull out the tiny frozen peas. Toss them in a microwavable container with a bit of water, and set the timer to two minutes. Pull them out and see if they are warm (you don’t want them to get mushy). If not, give it another minute.
 
Taste them. If you haven’t eaten peas for a while, you’ll find frozen peas are nirvana. They melt in your mouth. Swirl them around your tongue. Swallow gently.
 
There’s a lot to be said for simplifying your meal. Not every evening do you have to put together a masterpiece. Many nights, it’s enough to pull together something nutritious, or dare we say it, something that’s just not bad for you. If you can pull that off, it’s a success that drives you to another day.
 
With all the food shows on TV these days, and all the new information about nutrition, you can go psycho trying to keep up. There’s no way ANY human can absorb all the potential dishes ballyhooed about in Parade Magazine, cookbooks and “Battle of the Feisty Chefs” on the Food Channel.
 
It’s impossible to keep up with all that slicing, dicing and spicing. The shows may be fun to watch, the cookbooks enjoyable to read and Parade Magazine recipes interesting to speculate on, but really? Are you going to cut out the instructions or take notes while watching the TV and replicate what they’re sharing with you?

Sure, that makes sense when you pull together a special meal, or you have extra time to spend at the grocery story speculating on what comes next to your dinner table.
 
That’s not the case when you slog it out during the week. Then it’s time for those frozen peas. Just make sure not to use too much water when you microwave them, and be sure to save enough in the bag in case you need to ice a sprained ankle.

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