Toss carrots and snow pea pods with an easy dill butter for a quick and colorful side dish.
Dilled Carrots and Pea Pods
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 15 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups baby-cut carrots
- 1 1/2 cups snow (Chinese) pea pods (about 5 oz), strings removed
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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Step1In 2-quart saucepan, heat 1 inch water to boiling. Add carrots. Cover and heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cook covered about 4 minutes or until carrots are crisp-tender. Do not drain water.
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Step2Add pea pods to carrots in saucepan. Heat uncovered to boiling; continue boiling uncovered 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pea pods are crisp-tender. Drain vegetables; return to saucepan.
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Step3Stir butter, dill weed and salt into vegetables until butter is melted.
Nutrition
50
Calories
3g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
7g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 50
- Calories from Fat
- 25
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 5%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 7%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 110mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 230mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 7g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 170%
- 170%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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