This simple dish is a chance to make a vegan dish that is flavorful and fun. You can easily create the flavor profile to match what is in your cupboard and tailor it to your tastes. Whether a dish for yourself or to bring to a party, this vegan dish is a classic that you will enjoy making many ways.
1 Can of Lodi Fancy Sweet Peas
1 teaspoon dried thyme, mint, or parsley
1/2 tablespoon (approximately) scraps of white onion, spring onion, or leek, finely chopped
A handful of scraps of leafy greens such as spinach, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, or pak choi, roughly chopped
1 teaspoon cornflour or cornstarch
Pinch of salt
Pinch of pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
1. Slowly heat olive oil in a pan.
2. Add the cornflour, stirring continuously to ensure that no lumps form.
3. Partly open your can of peas so that the liquid can ‘escape’ but not the peas. Pour out the water from the can into the pan with the oil and flour.
4. Stir to mix the stock with the flour and oil.
5. Turn up the heat and add your peas, onion, and leafy green scraps, along with a pinch of salt and pepper, herb, and, 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
6. Cover the pan and simmer for 5 minutes.
7. Taste and correct your seasoning if necessary.
8. This recipe serves 2-3 people.