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Sweet Pea Hummus

This is a super quick, easy, and healthy recipe that is inspired by Giada’s Pea Pesto Crostini. It’s great for entertaining on the fly because you can always just keep a bag of frozen peas in your freezer and the rest of the ingredients are all from your spice cabinet. Score!

Ingredients:

2 cups of cooked peas (read instructions on bag)
2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (maybe more if you want a looser hummus)
1 teaspoon salt
a sprinkle of ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper (feel free to omit if you don’t like heat)

Directions:

Put in blender or food processor and process until you get a spread-able consistency (about a minute and a half).

I think I ended up adding a touch more salt after it was done, so feel free to add and subtract spices. The peas are the main event, here, so you really can’t go wrong. I would also suggest adding some cumin for some smokiness

You can put it on crostini OR you can spread some on a slice of bread and add thinly sliced parmesan cheese and toast it until the cheese melts. Yum…

It’s healthy, so don’t feel bad about the cheese.

Bacon Pea Pasta

I’m not going to lie to you – this is a boring recipe, but darn good. I’m finally paying attention to the bag of frozen, organic peas I’ve had in my freezer since… a VERY long time ago. I’m actually not a big fan of peas (they’re too sweet for me) but if you pair them with bacon, they really balance out the saltiness of it.

This pasta takes all of 15 minutes to make so it’s definitely a weeknight meal

Ingredients:

3 strips of center cut bacon
1 cup frozen peas
2 servings of whole wheat spaghetti
2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

Cook pasta according to the directions on the box. You can use any kind of pasta!

Also cook peas according to package. Usually you just throw them in boiling water for 4 minutes. Heat a pan on medium heat and add bacon that’s been cut up in bite-sized pieces. Add peas.

Heat until everything is fully cooked and heated through. Add pasta.

Sprinkle cheese on top.

Devour.

Yum.