Whoa! Microwave vegetables? - 1 star. Pan-cooked? - 4-5 stars! Never, never, never microwave as your primary cooking method ... it ruins your food, cooks unevenly, and gives a "tinny" flavor. This is SO easy, 5 minutes in a pan: 1/2 TBS butter in warm-hot pan (just below medium heat), then add garlic for 30 seconds, then Italian seasoning, stir, and then add the snow peas & 1-2 TBS water. Toss & stir (kind-of braising) for a minute or two on medium heat until they just begin to change color, and "finish" with 1 tsp FRESH lemon juice and 1 TBS Ex.Virgin Olive Oil, and a sprinkle of Kosher (coarse) salt and a few grinds of pepper, for about 2 more minutes. That's it ... 5 minutes, done, not overcooked. Serve these up right away!
I wouldn't change a thing about the sauce, however I cooked the snow peas in boiling water for about 4 minutes instead of using the microwave. The garlic and butter smelled so good while they were sauteing, and the lemon juice really gave this sauce a nice mellow tang. I think cooking the lemon juice versus just nuking the sauce helped to eliminate some of the bitter or tart taste others have complained about. I will definitely make this again!
Easy and delicious way to add some zip to snow peas. I steamed them for 2 minutes, and then substituted olive oil for the butter and drizzled the oil/lemon/seasoning mixture overtop - even my 18 month old gobbled them up - thank you!
Quick and simple. Followed the recipe to a tee, cooked for 3 minutes on high in the microwave. They came out crisp, retained their beautiful colour, and the lemon, butter, and Italian seasoning enhanced the flavour. Will definitely make again.
This actually wasn't bad. I really liked the flavors of the lemon, butter, and Italian seasonings. Next time I don't think I'll cook the snow peas quite as long since they came out a bit soft.
I had to do some changes; I microwaved the snow peas, and then I put the cold butter in an alluminum bowl, added the peas and so the butter melted with the warmth of the peas, added the lemon juice, pepper and salt....then I sauteed them for about 5 minutes...and the result: AWSOME!
Made this while I was making salmon--acted as a great means to cleanse the palette between bites of fish. Quick and easy ! Will definitely make again.
This recipe was fantastic. The only change I made was I added the minced garlic from a jar and left out the Italian seasoning. I would definetly use this one again.
