Fresh pea salad with bacon
3
Points® value
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 flavour, 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
