By Melanie Albert, Plant-Based Farm-to-Table Leader, Award-Winning Cookbook Author and Speaker, Founder & CEO, Experience Nutrition
It has been such an honor to intuitively create recipes for the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) for The Farm at South Mountain, in Phoenix, Arizona, an urban farm located less than a mile from my home since October 2018. The Farm at South Mountain Soil & Seed Garden farmer, Billy Anthony, passionately grows and harvests beautiful, incredible tasting produce, herbs, and edible flowers. Billy and his team harvest on Friday, I stop by the farm Friday evening to pick up my CSA, and then I intuitively create a recipe for the CSA members, which they receive Saturday morning with their CSA.
This is Week 1 of the Spring 2020 CSA. After seeing the Sugar Snap Peas growing at The Farm the last month or so, I was very excited to prepare a simple dish with them. Also, The Farm has a Pecan Orchard on the property, so I was looking forward to include them in the dish.
Prior to sharing the recipe, a look at The Farm this week.
Let’s take a look at all of the products in the CSA.
- Sugar Snap Peas
- Roots: Radishes, Turnips, Carrots (Red Kyoto, Parisian)
- Greens: Cauliflower Greens, Glacier Lettuce, Dinosaur Kale, Farm Salad Box
- Herbs: Dill
- Arizona favorites: Pecans, Grapefruit
- Eggs
The Farm at South Mountain. Soil & Seed Garden. CSA March 14, 2020.
Love the Sugar Snap Peas growing at the Soil & Seed Garden.
RECIPE: Simple Sugar Snap Pea Sauté
Simply sautéing Sugar Snap Peas are a great way to enjoy this fresh veggie. Along with this week’s dill, grapefruit, and pecans, create this tasty side dish.
SIMPLE INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups sugar snap peas
- 1 tbsp grapefruit zest
- 3-4 sprigs of fresh dill
- 6-7 pecans, cracked
- 1 tbsp organic extra virgin olive oil
- Pinch sea salt
Mise en Place: Sugar Snap Peas. Dill. Saute.
SIMPLE STEPS
Mise en Place
- Zest the grapefruit.
- Crack the pecans.
- If desire, remove the stems and pod strings from the snap peas pods.
All set to quickly saute the Sugar Snap Peas.
Cook
- Pre-heat a sauté pan on medium for about a minute.
- Add olive oil to coat bottom of the pan.
- When the oil is warm, add the sugar snap peas and sea salt to the pan. Continuously toss the snap peas with tongs.
- Cook for about 2 minutes.
- Add the grapefruit zest and dill to the pan.
- Toss the snap peas with the zest and dill for about 2 minutes.
Plate
- Plate the sugar snap peas with the pecans.
- Enjoy.
Sugar Snap Pea Plating Mise en Place
The Soil & Seed Garden Sugar Snap Pea Saute.
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