Spring Pea Salad
Recipe by Carley Nadine
Ingredients
11
Serves
2
This spring salad is fresh, seasonal, and so delicious. It features an underrated green pea. This naturally sweet legume is rich in essential vitamins and antioxidants like vitamin K, C and folate. It is also rich in manganese, protein and fibre. Add this recipe to your spring favorites.
Quick Meal
Side
Vegetarian
Ingredients
3cups
Arugula
1/3cup
Green Peas
1cup
Fresh Snap Peas
1/4cup
Feta Cheese
1/4cup
Fresh Mint
1/4cup
Pea Shoots
1/4cup
Fresh Chives
1/4cup
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
1Tbsp
Dijon Mustard
1Tbsp
Honey
1/2
Lemon
Instructions
1
Wash, rinse and dry your chives. mint, arugula and peas. If you have boxed arugula you can skip this step. If you have frozen peas, allow them to thaw.
2
Chop mint and snap peas into small pieces, removing any hard stems if needed.
3
Combine arugula, mint, green peas and snap peas into a large bowl.
4
To make dressing, shake together all ingredients in small jar with tight-fitting lid.
5
Add desired amount of dressing to greens and toss salad until the dressing is mixed evenly
6
Top with feta, pea shoots and chives. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.
7
Substitutions: For a dairy free version remove the feta cheese. Don’t like arugula? Just use mixed greens. Don’t like lemon? Use apple cider vinegar. Don’t have honey? Use maple syrup. For more protein add chicken or a hard-boiled egg.
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Carley is a Toronto based Holistic Nutritionist and Wellness Consultant. She believes that health involves SO much more than just nutritious food and supplements-such as mindfulness, mindset, connection with nature and community. She believes deeply in educating and empowering people — especially women — to take their health and well-being into their own hands. So that they can live a happy, balanced and abundant life.
