Michelle Darmody makes use of frozen peas for these easy meals

Michelle Darmody does not keep a huge amount in my freezer, some nice bread sliced, with some baking parchment in between each slice to make it easy for toasting, some pastry for baking tarts or quiches, a bag of peas, and one of frozen mixed berries.

Fresh peas have a short, momentary blast at the end of the summer when their sweet, tasty pods are bulging on elegant climbing branches.

Having a bag of frozen peas to hand allows you some of their wonderful flavour year round.