salad · Best in spring
Spring Pea & Radish Salad
The first salad of the year made from whatever the spring garden produces first — pea shoots, snap peas, thinly sliced radishes, and fresh mint, dressed with a simple lemon vinaigrette. It tastes like the season starting over.
Ingredients
🌱 From Your Homestead
- fresh pea shoots or snap peas (2 cups)
- radishes (1 bunch, thinly sliced)
- fresh mint (small handful)
- chives or spring onions
🛒 From the Store
- lemon (1)
- olive oil (3 tbsp)
- Dijon mustard (1 tsp)
- honey (1 tsp)
- salt
- pepper
- feta or goat cheese optional
How to Make It
- Gather your ingredients: fresh pea shoots or snap peas (2 cups), radishes (1 bunch, thinly sliced), fresh mint (small handful), chives or spring onions, lemon (1), and the rest.
- Prep your homestead ingredients — wash, chop, and measure: fresh pea shoots or snap peas (2 cups), radishes (1 bunch, thinly sliced), fresh mint (small handful).
- Dress this salad at the very last second — pea shoots wilt faster than almost any other green. Make the dressing ahead, prep everything, but don't combine until the bowls are on the table.
- Cook for approximately 15 min. Adjust to taste and serve 4 portions.
- Plate, enjoy, and share with your household!
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