Apricot and Snow Pea Stir Fry

Pea pods are April’s Harvest of the Month.  Students in the garden have enjoyed learning about the varying types of peas and beans including, snap peas, snow peas and fava beans.  In the Nutrition Gazebo, students made a phenomenal snow pea stir-fry.  The stir-fry was a perfect balance between sweet and sour flavors.  The best part, it only took 6 minutes.  See the recipe below to try this recipe at home.


Ingredients
*2 tsp olive oil
*1 tbsp soy sauce
*3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
*1/2 lb snow peas, trim ends
*1/3 cup sliced, dried apricots
*1/2 tsp grated fresh ginger
*1/2 cup apricot preserve


Preparation
In a large frying pan over medium heat, add oil and garlic. Sauté the garlic for 1 minute. Then add the apricots, apricot preserve, soy sauce and ginger. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and add snow peas and simmer for 5 minutes or until tender-crisp. Eat plain or serve over rice.
Adapted from cooks.com

Student ripping an apricot into small pieces.

Students ripped the tops and bottoms off the snow peas.  The unused parts of the peas were fed to the garden worms.

A student adding the ingredients to the wok.

A sample of the finished product.