Great Value Sweet Peas, 15 oz Can

These peas are great for a variety of recipes. Pea salad if you want to make a quick and easy side dish for supper. I use two cans and drain them well then put in a big mixing bowl. Add diced boiled eggs, I use about 4 or 5 or you can use to your liking. I add Hellman's mayo about a cup, then add some diced onion or onion powder, a little salt and pepper. Mix well and chill for an hour or two in the frig, make sure to cover the bowl. Tastes Great! Enjoy :) Cream Peas: Open 1 or 2 cans depending on how many you are feeding. Drain the peas well and set aside. Make a homemade milk gravy with butter, milk and flour. Once the milk gravy is done add your drained peas and mix well. Add a little salt and pepper and serve. This is served great with about any meal. Enjoy! :)

For convenience and price this is my standard to use for every day meals. You learn early that you barely want to heat these without boiling to maintain their texture and body. Besides mashed, boiled peas are kind of disgusting. I have had no problem opening the cans as I recall, but as a cautionary comment I have noticed on some of the cans that at times once you come around the lid my can opener objects to completing the circle, but with a few well placed bites made repeatedly at the stubborn spot gets it off. I have a plain meal type preference as far as vegetables go meaning I enjoy the taste of the vegetables so much that dosing them up with a lot of spices or sauces is just not pleasant. That doesn't mean that another person might have some delicious recipe I have not yet used. These go very well added to casseroles and macaroni side dishes or salads as long as you do not overcook them.