Peas.
Deluxe Baby Vegetables. Sweet, young garden peas. All natural. No preservatives.
These are inexpensive and add great, fresh flavor to many hot dishes.
I use them in soups, pot pies, and sometimes in pasta. A very simple pasta dish is farfalle with baby peas, ham, bacon or proscuitto depending on your mood and budget, and maybe a little goat cheese or parmesan for flavor. You can feed a crowd for next to nothing!