Peas in a Pod

Peas are a wonderful tiny little explosion of flavour that are full of goodness. They are high in fiber, vitamins, minerals and protein so are definatly a good green food to have on your plate. You can buy peas fresh, frozen or in tins and any type is good but I personally like to buy them fresh in their pods. There is nothing more satisfying then 'popping' the pod and finding all those tiny little gems inside :-) the only draw back to me doing that is that my dog Rufus hears the 'popping' sound and comes running into the kitchen giving me his best 'puppy' look he can master until I give him some peas and if Im not carefull he ends up with more peas than we do!

So what can we do with peas.....we can steam,boil,saute them or even eat them raw (like Rufus does) all ways taste yummy but sometimes I like to do something a little different with them........
Peas in batter
Heat up some vegetable oil in a heavy based pan (enough oil to cover about a 1/3 of the pan) until nice and hot. 
150g S.R fllour, 1tsp baking powder, salt n pepper to taste,50ml/2floz soya cream. Mix flour,baking powder,salt n pepper and add cream, then mix to a batter. Add roughly 100g fresh or frozen peas and mix into batter. Put spoonfulls of the pea batter into hot oil and fry until golden (about 1-2 mins) remove with a slotted spoon and serve warm with a crisp salad and potato wedges or chips and a good dollop of tomato ketchup (vegan of course)
Rice and peas (this was given to me by a Jamacan friend)     (no measurements just however much you want)
Rinse rice of your choice (I usually use about half a pkt of a standard size pkt of rice) and put in a large pan with enough water to cover all the rice,bring to the boil and simmer,at this point add a piece of solid creamed coconut about the size of a matchbox (depending on how much rice you are using) and stir until melted,then add the juice of a large tin of kidney beans,then add a large handful of fresh/frozen peas (if using tinned peas dont add yet) When rice is cooked to your liking add the kidney beans (and tinned peas if using,juice drained) stir together and serve hot with crusty, buttered bread
Bubble and squeak peas
Mashed potato, onion which has been fried in little oil until golden and cooked peas. Mix altogether with a little pepper and place in a frying pan that has about 1tbls of oil in it. Cook of a medium heat until bottom is golden a crisp looking,remove from heat and (cover with dairyfree cheese optional) place pan under hot grill. Grill until top of bubble and squeak peas is brown in colour. Done :-)

Enjoy peas! :-)