Steamed Veggies with Pine Nuts and Saffron Butter
Recipe: #8773
March 28, 2013
Categories: Side Dishes, Beans, Mushrooms, Peppers, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Green Beans, more
"Easy peasy way to jazz up your veggies. Has a wonderful nutty, saffron flavor."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (260.9 g)
- Calories 230
- Total Fat - 16.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.1 g
- Cholesterol - 1.1 mg
- Sodium - 146.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 21.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4 g
- Sugars - 4.7 g
- Protein - 5 g
- Calcium - 29.4 mg
- Iron - 1.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 6.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Steam vegetables or cook them however you like.
Step 2
While veggies are cooking, melt butter in a small pan and season with saffron, salt, and pepper. Stir butter over low heat to allow the saffron to disperse into the butter. Stir pine nuts into the butter and let them sit in it while you are waiting for veggies.
Step 3
Toss the veggies with the saffron butter and pine nuts and serve hot.
Tips
No special items needed.