Name: Spring Vegetables
Cook time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 cup fresh fava beans or baby lima beans; 1 cup sweet peas (fresh or frozen); 1/2 teaspoon anise seed; 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh fennel, chopped fine; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tablespoon olive oil; salt and pepper to taste

Spring Vegetables

These spring vegetables are a natural with Easter brunch or Easter dinner, but truth be told, they're great any time at all. Fennel adds such a wonderful flavor to other veggies that we can't get enough of this dish at our house!

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Cooking Time35 min

Ingredients

2 cups fresh fava beans or baby lima beans
1 cup sweet peas (fresh or frozen)
1/2 teaspoon anise seed
2 to 3 tablespoons fresh fennel, chopped fine
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

In a deep heavy pot, heat the olive oil on medium high.
Add the garlic and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
Add the fennel and sauté for 1 minute.
Add the remaining ingredients, and salt and pepper.
Mix everything together well, cover and let steam for about 1/2 hour or until the beans are done to your taste.