Sugar peas and carrots in lime butter
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ounces | Carrots |
| 4 | ounces | Sugar snap peas |
| 2 | teaspoons | Diet spread |
| 2 | Garlic cloves; crushed, optional | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Lime juice |
| ½ | teaspoon | Brown sugar |
| Or honey | ||
| Water | ||
| Lime zest; finely julienned | ||
Directions
Peel or scrub carrots and cut into thin (⅛") diagonal slices. Wash and string the peas. Heat margarine in a large frying pan. Add garlic, cook over low heat for 1 minute. Add juice and sugar or honey. Cook stirring until sugar has completely dissolved. Add oeas add carrots; add up to 3 tablespoons of water or as needed to cook vegetables until tender (2 to 4 minutes). Garnish with lime zest. Serve immediately. [35 cals, 1g fat] VARIATION: Omit garlic and cook in the microwave on high with a spray or two of 'I Can't Believe It's Not Butter' for 2 minutes. Remove. Add juice and honey and a little water. Microwave on high another 30 seconds. Serve garnished with zest.
This is one of our favorite vegetable combinations because of the color and citrus. Excellent with poultry; good too with meatloaf or macaroni and cheese. --kitpath@... 11/98
Recipe by: Step by Step Vegetable Cookbook (1995: Crescent) Posted to EAT-LF Digest by kitpath@... on Nov 24, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.