Description: So simple and easy to prepare. Crispy snap peas match so well with salmon and pasta. This can be served cold and eaten as a pasta salad.
Serves: 2
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- Spaghetti – 180g
- Smoke salmon – 100g
- Extra Virgin olive oil – 2 tablespoons
- Snap peas – 120g
- Lemon – 1 piece
- Ground black pepper – 1/2 dash
Method
1. Cook the spaghetti al dente in plenty of boiling water with salt.
2. Remove the string from the snap peas.
3. Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan, then add the snap peas over medium heat for a few minutes, stirring regularly.
4. Add the hot drained pasta to the pan, and add salt and black pepper.
To serve: Sprinkle ground pepper and squeeze lemon.
Nutritional Values Per Serving
| Kcal | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fibre | Sugars | Salt | Saturated Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 509.7 | 22.3g | 15.0g | 71.9g | 5.3g | 4.5g | 0.8g | 0.7g |
| 25.5% | 44.6% | 21.4% | 27.6% | 17.5% | 5.0% | 14.0% | 3.5% |
Nutritional Tips
Sugar snap peas are fruits, although we eat them like vegetables. They are sweet and crunchy, and they are known as cool-season vegetables (I mean, fruits…?). Pods contain different numbers of peas inside, maybe around 3 to 10 or so. It is widely eaten as salad, boiled, in soup or stir-fried.
Sugar snap peas are fat-free unless cooked with oil. They can be eaten raw as well. They are not rich in vitamin K, even though their colour is green. So if you need to limit vitamin K due to medication, etc, it would be good to know that sugar snap peas contain less than asparagus or broccoli. While they do not offer a large amount of protein, they contain more protein than many other vegetables, as they are still a kind of “pea”. They are somewhat similar to snow peas, but the size of the peas is smaller and the taste is milder and less sweet of snow peas. You may have seen this more often in Chinese cuisine. If you are not a big fan of peas, then snow peas may be easier to eat; vice versa.
Sugar snap peas may be beneficial for our health. Salmon is also a good source of protein and good fat. However, smoked salmon is high in salt. Therefore, it is important to try eat varieties of food in your diet to achieve a balanced diet.
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