how to cook spring onions Archives

Welcome to our 4th week of the Fresh Produce Tuesday- today we are featuring peas. I was hoping to find shelling peas at the grocery store, but I was only able to find snap peas and snow peas today. The local farmers markets in this area don’t start for a few more weeks so unfortunately, I was out of luck in my search to find just plain peas. That’s alright though- we can showcase many varieties of peas this week! Here are 10 recipes featuring peas:

Beef with Snow Peas from The Pioneer Woman
Crushed Peas with Poached Salmon from Martha Stewart Living May 2012
Fava Beans and Peas with Burrata from The Kitchn
Fettuccine with Peas, Asparagus, and Pancetta from Annie’s Eats
Fresh Grean Peas and Sugar Snap Peas in Sesame Dressing from Bon Appétit July 2004
Fresh Pea Risotto from What’s Gaby Cooking
Fresh Pea Soup from Ina Garten
Lemon Snap Peas from a sweet pea chef
Linguine with Pea Pesto from smitten kitchen
Minted Fresh Peas from Leite’s Culinaria

Also, just wanted to remind you of our Fresh Produce Tuesday schedule for the spring:

Week #1- March 27th: Asparagus
Week #2- April 3rd: Artichokes
Week #3- April 10th: Spring Onions
Week #4- April 17th: Peas
Week #5- April 24th: Garlic Scapes
Week #6- May 1st: Rhubarb
Week #7- May 8th: Fava Beans
Week #8- May 15th: Radishes

Please link up your favorite pea recipe below! I would love it if you could provide a link back to 2 Sisters 2 Cities or add our button to your pea-related post, but it is not required.

For the third week of the Fresh Produce Tuesday series, we are showcasing spring onions. We’ve received so many great recipe ideas for asparagus and artichokes in the past couple of weeks (the linky parties for both are still open if you would like to submit a recipe!) Also, here is the current schedule for the Fresh Produce Tuesday series by week:

Spring onions are onions that are picked before they grow into conventional onions. They have a milder flavor than regular onions. Elizabeth Schnieder, author of Vegetables from Amaranth to Zuchini describes spring onions in the following manner:

What we call spring onions are usually young onions, more mature than a straight green onion or scallion, less mature than the bigger round things we call onions.

I made some spring onions as a side for dinner a few weeks ago. I brushed them with olive oil, sprinkled on some salt and pepper, and just threw them on the grill for a few minutes. Very easy and very tasty! Here are some other recipe ideas that include spring onions:

Asparagus + Spring Onion Risotto from The Year in Food
Braised Spring Onions, Fennel, and Swiss Chard from Anne Burrell
Grilled Spring Onions from Serious Eats
Pasta Alla Carbonara with Spring Onions and Lemon from Rachel Ray
Potato and Spring Onion Soup from Saveur
Roast Leg of Lamb with Spring Onions and Mint from Whole Foods
Roasted Spring Onions from the quinces and the pea
Spring Onion and Pea Soup with Ramp Crostini from Martha Stewart
Spring Vegetable Soup from Pink Parsley
Zucchini Ribbons with Caramelized Spring Onions from O, The Oprah Magazine, June 2006

Do you have a recipe that includes spring onions? If so, please link up your recipe below! (It would be great if you could provide a link back to 2 Sisters 2 Cities or add our button to your spring onions post, but it is not required.)