Sugar Snap Peas With Pine Nuts

This crunchy side s a very healthy. Making a large amount. With the leftovers you can cook up some pasta add some broth and or olive oil and toss the leftovers in. Kick it up with pepper flakes. And you have a main meal for the next day. A 1/2 cup cooked snap peas: Calories: 34 Dietary Fiber: 1.4 grams Protein: 2.6 grams Carbohydrates: 5.6 grams Vitamin C: 38.3 mg Iron: 1.6 mg Potassium: 192 mg Magnesium: 21 mg Chinese medicine uses pine nuts to improve gastrointestinal tract and digestive functions, pine nut oil is even used for appetite suppression. Pine nuts and other nuts are a tasty part of a well-balanced diet intended for weight loss.

• Ready In: 22 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup  sliced shallot
• 4  garlic cloves, minced
• 1  hungarian  wax peppers (yellow banana pepper) or 1  small  jalapeno, diced
• 6  cups sugar snap peas, washed and rough chopped
• 1⁄2 cup pine nuts
• 1⁄4 cup fresh basil, rough chopped
•  salt and pepper

Directions

1. Heat oil in a large pan.
2. Add shallots and stir fry for 3 minutes.
3. Add garlic and pepper toss then add sugar snap peas with the pine nuts. stir fry for 3 minutes. Stir in the basil. Season with salt and pepper.