Ingredients · Vegetables

Peas

Over 4g of protein and 4g of fibre in three spoonfuls; unusually generous for anything green.

Nutrition per portion

Frozen peas are frozen within hours of picking and beat most so-called fresh pods
A kilo bag in the freezer is the cheapest green vegetable in the shop

Keep it well: Straight to the freezer, where they'll happily sit for a year.

Reach for it when the week brings:

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Fragrant biryani where cauliflower rice replaces half the basmati; all the aroma, gentler curve.

50 min 34g protein

Salmon lacquered in soy and ginger over a rough lemony edamame and pea smash.

25 min 40g protein

A vivid green fifteen-minute soup that happens to be a therapeutic soya dose.

17 min 16g protein

Lemony whipped ricotta under minted smashed peas on toasted seeded bread.

13 min 18g protein

A light risotto stirred with prawns, peas and lemon; comfort without the food-coma weight.

40 min 28g protein

Eggs baked into garlicky greens, herbs and chickpeas with crumbled feta.

28 min 25g protein