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Fresh Pea Salad with Bacon

Fresh Pea Salad with Bacon

3
Points®
Total Time
17 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
12 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
Pea shoots make for an original, pretty, and ultra tender salad. The edible leaves of the garden pea plant, the shoots are harvested young, within a month of their sprouting, and their stems and adorable tendrils are edible too. With a bright, grassy-green flavor, they mix well with more mature peas as a beautiful spring salad made hearty in this recipe with the addition of bacon. Mint and peas are a classic combo. If you happen to have fresh mint on hand—or growing in your garden—scatter thinly sliced or torn leaves over each serving.

Ingredients

Ready cooked bacon

6 slice(s)

Uncooked peas

1 cup(s), or thawed frozen peas

Uncooked pea shoots

4 oz, 1 container (about 5 cups)

Scallions

2 medium, sliced

Low-fat vinaigrette salad dressing

⅓ cup(s), olive oil variety

Instructions

  1. Bring a small saucepan of water to boil. Add the peas and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold running water; drain again.
  2. Heat the bacon in the microwave according to package directions. Crumble and set it side.
  3. In a large combine the peas, pea shoots, and scallions. Drizzle with the vinaigrette and toss until coated evenly. Divide the salad evenly among 4 plates and top with the bacon.
  4. Per serving: about 1 1/2 cups salad and 1 1/2 slices bacon

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