Fresh Pea Salad

Summer Pea Salad, jazzed upwardly amongst crisp bacon as well as sweetness cherry tomatoes is ane of my favorites. It is ane of those non bad salads that travels good as well as tastes fifty-fifty amend later on it has been inward the refrigerator for a twenty-four hr menses or two.



1 pound fresh greenish peas (or 16oz. bag of frozen greenish peas)
1/4 loving cup finely chopped cerise onion
1/2 loving cup peeled as well as grated carrot
1/2 loving cup finely chopped celery
1 loving cup thinly sliced mushrooms
1/2 loving cup cerise bell pepper chopped fairly small
3 slices of crisp bacon cutting upwardly (optional only delicious)
1/2 loving cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded (I role a picayune more)
cherry tomatoes, cutting inward one-half (sweeter the better)
toasted sunflower seeds

Fresh greenish peas are the best inward this salad, only when they are non available, frozen peas survive very well too.  Microwave peas (covered) amongst 1 tablespoon of H2O for about 3 minutes or until slightly cooked (but non soft) as well as then drain as well as cool.

In a large bowl, mix all of the to a higher house ingredients together (except the bacon, cherry tomatoes as well as sunflower seeds), then gently fold inward the dressing.

Dressing
3 heaping tablespoons of calorie-free mayonnaise
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon dark pepper
1-2 tablespoons milk
Whisk the ingredients together as well as gently crimp into salad. Cover as well as chill.

Just earlier you lot serve it, gently fold inward the cut upwardly cherry tomatoes, crisp bacon as well as toasted sesame seeds (save a few for decorating the top).


NOTE: Every microwave cooks at a dissimilar rate, thus proceed an oculus on your peas when you lot microwave them. You don't desire them to survive overcooked as well as mushy.

ENJOY !!!