French peas

Bright green and festive for Easter, this side dish has a slightly sweet flavor everyone will favor. Water chestnuts add a nice crunch. "A friend shared this tasty recipe," pens Pat Walter from Pine Island, Minnesota. "It's a different way to present peas."

Looking for an easy vegetable side recipe? This Buttery French Peas Recipe from CountryLiving.com is the best.

This side dish from Andrea Reusing's Cooking in the Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes (Clarkson Potter, 2011) is the essence of summer: emerald green vegetables cooked together briefly, until their flavors just meld.

The best way to make frozen peas a stand out at your dinner table.

Cream and mint add pizzazz to this traditional dish A classic French dish that’s quick and easy? Mais oui! This duet of lettuce and p...

In my family I am known as the Vegetable Queen. I really do not mind, because then I know I will be eating well prepared vegetables at each family get together. Since the poster veggies for Easter & Spring are peas and asparagus, making a decision this year was easy. My SIL always makes her fried asparagus and this year, I am bringing the peas. I could go the easiest route and make Peas in Butter Sauce, or maybe Peas in a Lemon Vinaigrette but I was looking for one of those dishes that…

Ever heard of classic French peas or petits pois à la Française? It is a savory side dish of braised butter lettuce, green peas and spring onions...

This braised lettuce and peas is a version of a classic French dish and it is so quick to make; add a few spring onions and you are good to go, delicious!

This recipe for petits pois à la Française or lettuce with French peas in wine with bacon is full of flavour and easy too.

Recipe video above. Make frozen peas fabulous with my recipe for buttered peas! A quick side that goes with everything. Don't boil the peas - cook from frozen in garlic butter. Easier, tastier, bright green, never mushy and never watery!