Recipe and source notes

Mint Pea Salad

8 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Fresh shelled peas
  • 1/2 pound Snow peas
  • 1/2 cup Plain yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons Mayonnaise
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • Coarse salt, to taste
  • Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 bunch Mint chopped fine
  • (reserve some whole leaves for garnish)
  • 8 slices Crisp-cooked bacon crumbled

Make it step by step

  1. Bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil. Blanch peas and snow peas, about 1 minute each, rinsing in ice water so that they remain bright green and crisp. Drain and set aside to dry.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix yogurt with mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt and pepper, and fold into peas along with mint. Refrigerate covered.
  3. To serve, spoon onto individual plates or a serving platter, sprinkle bacon over the top and garnish with mint leaves.
  4. This recipe yields 8 servings.

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Adapted from Foodista by Andie Mitchell, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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