Sugar Snap Pea Salad with Feta
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If you’ve been searching for the ultimate healthy pea salad, look no further! This easy recipe brings together crunchy sugar snap peas, peppery radishes, and salty feta. It’s fresh, vibrant, and – best of all – ready to serve in just 15 minutes!
Why You’ll Love This Healthy Pea Salad
This easy pea salad is my favorite way to celebrate the arrival of Spring! It’s:
- Ready in 15 minutes: perfect when you need to eat quickly but still want to eat healthy.
- Perfect for Meal Prep: You can blanch the vegetables in the morning and toss the salad just before serving.
- A real eye-catcher: the lush green of the peas and mangetout in contrast to the pink radishes just looks like spring to me.
I love when salads have lots of layers of texture and flavor. If you need more inspiration for your next meal, check out my 20 creative salad ideas to make the perfect healthy bowl every time!
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Sugar Snap Pea Salad with Feta
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Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh green peas 300g, shelled
- 1 ½ cups sugar snap peas 150g
- 2 handfuls of arugula
- 6 radishes thinly sliced
- 1 handful of fresh mint roughly chopped
- 1 handful of flat-leaf parsley roughly chopped
- 4 oz feta cheese 100g, crumbled
- 2 tbsp roasted pistachios 15g, crushed
Lemon Vinaigrette
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp honey
- Salt & pepper
Instructions
- Slice the snow peas on the bias into fine strips. Shave the radishes into paper-thin slices. Roughly chop the herbs.
- In your salad bowl, whisk together the mustard, honey, and lemon juice. Slowly whisk in the oil until the dressing emulsifies. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the vegetables, arugula, and herbs to the bowl and gently fold them in. Arrange on plates, crumble the feta over the top, and garnish with the pistachios.
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Ingredients for Pea Salad with Feta
For this pea salad recipe, the best is to use ingredients that are fresh and in season in Spring:
- Fresh Peas: If you have time, shell them yourself for a sweeter flavor than frozen.
- Sugar Snap Peas: These give a nice crunch. Slice them thinely on a bias to help them soak up the dressing.
- Radishes: These add a peppery bite and a pop of color.
- Fresh Herbs: Don’t skimp on the mint and flat-leaf parsley! They give this healthy pea salad all its flavor!
- Feta & Pistachios: These add the perfect balance of salt and fat.
And the dressing? I simple prepared my homemade vinaigrette with lemon juice, Dijon mustard and honey!
My Tip for Perfectly Green Peas
There’s a little trick to make this pea salad really crunchy and for a vibrant color: Blanching and Shocking.
Once blanched (3-5 minutes are enough), immerse the peas immediately in a bowl of ice-cold water. This stops the cooking process immediately and fixes the chlorophyll – so they stay bright green and don’t turn grayish.
More Spring Recipes
If you’re planning a whole spring menu, I recommend my spring quiche with asparagus, broccoli and peas.
If you prefer something a little heartier, my rigatoni with pea pesto is a great addition. My broccoli, pea and ginger soup also tastes delicious cold and is great served as a starter in small glasses.
FAQ – Pea Salad
Yes, absolutely! Frozen peas are an alternative if you can’t find fresh peas. Note that they often take a little less time to blanch than fresh ones. 2-3 minutes should be enough.
If you want to prepare the salad or know in advance that you won’t eat it all, I recommend keeping the blanched peas, sugar snap peas and dressing in separate containers. This way, the salad won’t fall apart and you can put together portions to suit you.
You can replace the feta with burrata, mozzarella or fresh goat’s cheese.
In this recipe, I leave the sugar snap peas raw so that they retain their crunch and are wonderfully tender when fresh. If they are a little firmer, you can also throw them into the boiling water with the peas for 1 minute.
Delicious fresh spring salad. The sweetness of the peas plays nicely with the saltiness of the feta and the spiciness of the radish and arugula
Thank you so much, Jody!
We had this salad as a main meal. It was most of all so refreshing and a welcome change from the heavier winter fares. We loved it! Thank you so much.
Thank you so much, Maria!
So delicious 🤩😋
Thanks!