Steamed Italian Lima Beans and Peas

This is a simple yet tasty recipe that can be made in 5 minutes. A great side dish for incorporating a variety of vegetables into your diet. This recipe is very flexible, increasing it's size would only increase the cooking time slightly, change the proportions (ex. 60% peas/ 40% Lima Beans) vary the onion (Green Onion, Shallots, Leaks).

1 cup frozen Baby Lima Beans
1 cup frozen Peas
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Dried Italian Herb mix
1/2 Medium Onion rough chopped, separate the layers
Salt & Pepper

Place your steamer basket in a medium pot and add water to just below the basket bottom. place Peas, Lima Beans and onion in the basket, cover and boil for approximately 5 minutes. Onion should be translucent, taste a Lima Bean to make sure it's warm enough to eat. Once vegetables are done, remove basket and place vegetables in a bowl. Drizzle Extra Virgin Olive Oil over the vegetables, add  salt, pepper and dried Italian Herbs to taste, mix well and serve.