The wait is over. Let the shelling begin! The peas are practically bursting out of their pods just begging to be picked. Yum Yum Yum! I love this time of year.
I whipped up the delicious pea salad for the Handsome Husband’s lunch this morning in between moving the sprinklers from one garden bed to another. Don’t worry, I didn’t give it all to him. I held some back and hid it in the crisper drawer for a little midnight snack later tonight.
Do you love fresh peas? Well what are you waiting for? Get off your duff, and go find a farmer and buy some fresh shelling peas. Or if you’re a slacker, I suppose you could use frozen peas. But it won’t be the same. And if you come back here and go on about how wonderful this salad was with frozen peas, I will give you the evil eye from behind my computer screen. Because there is nothing better in this world than eating fresh peas out of the pod.
{Okay, so I lied. I’d give up a lifetime of fresh peas for a month long trip around the world}.
Here’s the recipe
Recipe – Fresh Pea Salad with Spinach, Feta and Mint
Ingredients
2 cups fresh peas, shelled
5 mint leaves, chopped
4 oz feta cheese crumbles
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
4 oz spinach leaves, chopped
Instructions
- After shelling your peas, blanch them in boiling water for 2 minutes. Place peas in ice cold water to cool. Rinse.
- Combine the peas, feta, and mint in a large bowl and set aside. Place 1 oz spinach leaves on plate.
- Mix the mustard, olive oil and vinegar together with a whisk and pour over the pea salad. Toss and serve. {Serves 4}
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Jenn says
I’m SO going to buy this for next year. I’ll save up some amazon gift cards for it http://www.amazon.com/Lees-Manufacturing-600R-Pea-Sheller/dp/B000BTATUG/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2T5MN1B7SGA02&coliid=I3RKGJEN7P46DQ