Greek Style Peas Recipe

This dish is loaded with veggies, and only takes 10 min to prepare! Consider making ahead of time and just asking your sitter or nanny to heat up while you are out. Or leave the directions on the counter-top for everyone to have fun preparing this delicious Greek Style Peas Recipe together!

Now if your sitter throws a few chicken nuggets in the oven, or makes your little one a grilled cheese, at least they will have a full serving of a healthy option to go along with it!

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Greek Style Peas with Extra Veggies

This dish is loaded with veggies, and only takes 10 min to prepare! Consider making ahead of time and just asking your sitter or nanny to heat up while you are out.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Mediterranean

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 1 lb. Peas fresh or frozen
• 1 Onion diced
• 2 Carrots sliced
• 1 Potato cut into bit size pieces
• 2 Tomatoes medium sized & grated / or 10-12 oz. can of chopped tomatoes
• 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2-3 tbsp Dill chopped, (optional)
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Method

 

1. Heat olive oil in medium sized pot
2. Sauté onions until soft. Add carrots and potatoes and sauté 3-4 minutes longer
3. Add peas and mix until all peas are covered in the olive oil
4. Add tomato, dill (optional), pepper and a half a teaspoon of salt. Add enough hot water so that the peas are barely covered (about ¼ cup)
5. Mix well and bring to a boil. Then lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes until peas are soft, the water is gone – and the olive oil remains
6. Serve at room temperature with feta and bread. Add salt as needed. (Feta is the classic cheese that we eat with this very traditional Greek dish, but feel free to use any other kind of cheese your family likes) Enjoy!

Greek Style Peas with Extra Veggies Recipe

Prep Time: 10 minutes   |   Cook Time: 40 minutes   |   Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 pound of Peas (fresh or frozen)
• 1 Onion diced
• 2 Carrots sliced
• 1 Potato cut into bit size pieces
• 2 medium grated Tomatoes, or 10-12 ounce can of chopped Tomatoes
• ½ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oils
• 2-3 tablespoons chopped dill, optional
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Directions:

• Heat olive oil in medium sized pot.
• Sauté onions until soft. Add carrots and potatoes and sauté 3-4 minutes longer.
• Add peas and mix until all peas are covered in the olive oil.
• Next add tomato, dill (optional), pepper and a half a teaspoon of salt. Add enough hot water so that the peas are barely covered (about ¼ cup).
• Mix well and bring to a boil. Then lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes until peas are soft, the water is gone – and the olive oil remains.

Serve at room temperature with feta and bread. Add salt as needed.

*** Feta is the classic cheese that we eat with this very traditional Greek dish, but feel free to use any other kind of cheese your family likes. Enjoy!

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Featured Contributor: Katerina Zeppos

Katerina is a wife, mom of two young children, and founder of Katerina’s Finest which imports only the finest quality olives and olive oil from a small collective in southern Greece. They believe that this region grows the finest and most flavorful olives anywhere in the world! To finish out their line of products, they also produce their own Dressings & Vinaigrettes with a special Greek blend.