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 green 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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