Cooking peas only briefly—in a little bit of butter—lets them retain their flavor, color, and texture.

Ingredients

　　2 tablespoons unsalted butter

　　3 cups shelled fresh peas or thawed frozen peas

　　3 scallions, white and pale-green parts only, thinly sliced diagonally

　　Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper

　　Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the peas and scallions. Cook, stirring, until heated through, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

　　Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group.Buy the full book from Amazon.