Garlicky greens

Garlicky greens

These rich, buttery greens will complement your roast

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil. Gently fry the shallots and garlic for 5-8 mins, tip in the stock and peas, then bubble for a few mins until the peas are cooked.
  2. Meanwhile, boil the rest of the veg, cooking the broccoli and asparagus for a couple of mins first, then throwing in the mangetout for the final min. Drain well and tip into the pan with the peas. Season, add the butter and mix well.
Try

TIP

If it's too chilly for summery mixed greens, try a wintry salad of spinach, sliced red onion and walnuts.

124 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 10g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 7g, sugar 6g, salt 0.11 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2009.

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  • 04 May 2009

    jo62 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Interesting way to cook greens. I added some broad beans with peas which were tasty. Seemed a huge quantity for four people though - but perhaps thats just us.

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  • 02 September 2010

    claire rorrison rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is delicious and so simple to do. It transforms everyday vegetables into something special. We love it!

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  • 09 April 2012

    Woolly commented on this recipe

    I am going to try this but I can't understand why one would boil the other greens (asparagus etc.) in a separate pan when you've already got stock in the other which could steam and cook the veggies in the same pan, so this is what I'll do. Good ideas though.

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  • 27 August 2012

    Hilary S. rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Sometimes when I try to do something a bit different with green veg, I wonder why I didn't just prepare them simply but this had an excellent flavour without masking the veggies' own taste. I used broccoli and French beans with the peas which worked well. I DID boil them briefly first - there isn't much stock in the frying pan with the peas and I wasn't sure they would cook through sufficiently if I only steamed them as Woolly suggests. I didn't find them over-cooked - and I loathe mushy veg!

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  • 07 March 2013

    Gemma rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely! Gives 'boring' veg a nice twist! My OH insists that I make greens in this way. A hit in our household

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 shallots , sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves , sliced
  • 150ml hot vegetable stock
  • 200g frozen peas
  • 600g mixed green vegetables - we used Tenderstem broccoli, asparagus and mangetout
  • knob of butter
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124 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 10g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 7g, sugar 6g, salt 0.11 g

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