Peas in a Pan

Okay...it has officially started. The holiday season. I was in Macy's....Christmas music. I was watching TV...Christmas commercials. I was taking a walk...and my neighbor's are putting up decorations...already!!! What about Thanksgiving?! I'm a Thanksgiving baby so the holiday has always been special to me. My family has always morphed the two holidays together, so my birthday dinner has always been Thanksgiving dinner. This year we are doing a collaboration. I am making the dessert (which I will share later), and two sides. One of them is my favorite creamed pea dish. My grandmother has made it for years. My father's side of the family comes from Hungary...they escaped from the Austro-Hungarian war in 1956. Although, I don't think that that has anything to do with this recipe! My grandmother has been making this dish for as long as I can remember.

In a sauté pan melt two tablespoons of butter. Once the butter is melted add two tablespoons of flour. Mix the two together and cook for one minute until the flour taste cooks out. Slowly add in one cup of whole milk, whisking the entire time. Then add in one cup of chicken stock (I prefer Kitchen Basics). Bring the mixture up to a boil, continuing to whisk everything. You will notice that it will start to thicken. Add in salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste.

Then add one large bag of frozen peas to the sauce. Stir them in and let them heat through. Once the sauce is thick and the peas and heated, add two tablespoons of chopped fresh parsley. Taste one more time to see if more salt or pepper is needed...and then enjoy!

I'm so sad that I dropped my camera the other day and it won't work. I just made this side dish with porkchops and apple sauce the other night...Hopefully I'll have a new camera, or mine fixed, by Thanksgiving and I can add shots of my Thanksgiving peas!