Add some cream cheese and one, two, or even more individual peas to each of these cream-filled treats to make the ideal appetizer for baby showers, depending on how many the expectant mother is having. Or, if you’d rather, add cooked baby shrimp as a garnish.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 50 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 20 stuffed pea pods |
Ingredients
- 20 pods snow peas
- 1 (8 ounce) container herb and garlic flavored cream cheese, softened
- 1 bunch spinach – rinsed, stemmed, and dried
Instructions
- Remove string from pods and trim off the blossom end. Make a small slit on flat side of pod. Soak pods in ice water for about 1 1/2 hours. Drain and dry pods.
- Put cream cheese in a pastry bag and pipe enough cheese into pods until full. Arrange pods on a platter lined with spinach or lettuce. Garnish each pod with a bit of cream cheese studded with the appropriate number of peas, depending on how many the mother-to-be is expecting.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 150 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 36 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 262 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 12 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Really good. I made my own herb cream cheese and I did blanch and shock the little peas that I used for a garnish. These were so cute on the plate not to mention very tasty.
Just wanting to use up some cream cheese and a few pea pods, I found this recipe. I just washed and dried the peas pods, didn’t let them soak. I just added the filling to a small ziplock bag and squeezed away. A nice refreshing treat.
good and easy but they do take time.
I made these for my “sweet pea” baby shower. Prepped pods as directed and between prepping, soaking and filling – I had at least 3 hours in this! Wasn’t worth the time and for a 30 person shower (double batch) and folks didn’t really like them – had a ton left over. Might be okay for a smaller shower.
I made these years ago. They are delicious and fun to make. Always a big hit. I had to make double what I needed because I ate about every other one.