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Green Pea and Mint Salad

I tend to be traditional when it comes to side dishes – my salad repertoire is the past consisted of tossed salad and coleslaw. I’ve decided to be a bit more adventurous on the salad front, and this Green Pea and Mint Salad, from my Saturday Lunch Banquet, has become my go-to salad when guests come over recently. Here’s the recipe, taken from Delicious Magazine, Issue 89:

Ingredients
200g frozen or fresh peas
100g each sugar snap and snow peas (I didn’t have any sugar snap peas, so added green capsicum/pepper)
75g baby spinach leaves (I used lettuce, but it is better with baby spinach!)
handful of mint leaves
1 red onion, thinly sliced (I didn’t have any, so this was missed!)

Dressing
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
50ml extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 garlic clove
1/2 teaspoon caster sugar

Procedure
1.  Cook all the peas in boiling water for 2-3 minutes until tender. Refresh (dunk) in cold water and drain.
2.  Whisk dressing ingredients together in a bowl (or shake together in a small jar – baby food jars are perfect!).
3.  Toss dressing with peas, spinach, mint and onion when ready to serve.

The mint makes the salad really refreshing, and just that little bit fancy, and it’s a great salad for a summer’s day (even though it’s autumn/fall here in Brisbane!). Tomorrow, I’ll have the Asian herb and vegetable salad recipe.

What are your favourite salads? Let me know in the comments!

2 Comments

  1. You have no idea how much I appreciate this recipe! I have a mint plant in my garden that has gone CRAZY and I’ve been trying to figure out what in the world to do with so much mint – I will be giving your salad a try this weekend!
    Thanks for stopping by today!

  2. This salad sounds amazing! I love a recipe where I know I have the ingredients waiting for me and I don’t have to add something to my shopping list. Can’t wait to eat it.

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