You planted so many because you and Leone love them with creamed new potatoes! You are making me hungry. I've never had them with dumplings, but I bet they would be good. Mother always fixed them with new potatoes, too.
Mary

Dumplings sound good, haven't had them in a long time. I would likely eat more than would make it into the house if I had the job of picking the peas.

No dumplings, although that sounds good. I remember living in Chicago's west suburbs for a few years and my dad (he referred to himself as Bohemian) took us to the Czech restaurants in Berwyn and Cicero. There was nothing on the menu that might be considered low-fat!

Yesterday, I prepared a summer salad using some of my freshly picked peas, herbs from the garden, brown and wild rice and more. Sometimes, ya gotta just open the door of the fridge and start with what is there.

My problem with peas is that many never make it out of the garden. Picked and in the mouth within one minute!

Peas and dumplings rang a bell from my childhood memories in Norway.
Bellow is a link to
czech dumplings. My aunt would cook the dumplings in lightly salted water.
She would make a white gravy, add the fresh peas and cook them for a short time. Place the cooked dumplings on top and serve it family style. Yummy.

Here is a link that might be useful: recipe