Layered Pea Salad With Creamy Herb Dressing Recipes

HERBY PEA SALAD

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add leeks; cook and stir 4-6 minutes or until tender. In a Dutch oven, place steamer basket over 1 in. water. In batches, place zucchini and asparagus in basket. Bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a low boil; steam, covered, 4-5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove and immediately drop into ice water. Drain and pat dry., In a large bowl, combine peas, leeks, zucchini mixture and herbs. In a small bowl, whisk dressing ingredients. Pour over salad; toss to coat. Serve immediately.

PEA-SHOOT SALAD WITH WARM CREAM DRESSING

Steps:

• Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Blanch snap peas until bright green and crisp-tender, about 1 minute. Immediately transfer with a slotted spoon to ice-water bath to stop the cooking. Drain.
• Transfer to a serving bowl. Add pea shoots, lettuce, and radishes; set aside.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Arrange pancetta in skillet in a single layer; cook, turning once, until crisp, about 12 minutes. Transfer with tongs to paper towels to drain.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat (if skillet seems dry, add enough oil to total 2 tablespoons fat). Add onions; cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, until tender, about 4 minutes. Add wine; cook until most of liquid has evaporated, about 2 minutes. Add cream, and cayenne, if desired. Cook until liquid is reduced by half, about 4 minutes.
• Pour warm cream dressing over greens; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper, and top with reserved pancetta.

LAYERED PEA SALAD

Steps:

• Break salad and put in bowl.
• Chop green onion, celery, bell pepper.
• Dethaw green peas.
• Cook bacon and crumble.
• Mix Mayo, Sour cream and sugar together (this is your "mayo mixture" referenced below.).
• Grate the cheddar cheese.
• Layer ingredients in this order: (bottom to top).
• -Lettuce.
• -Green onion.
• --Celery.
• -Green peas.
• -Green pepper.
• -Mayo mixture.
• -Turkey bacon.
• -Cheddar cheese.
• -Sprinkle the top with Parmesean cheese.

PEA SALAD WITH CREAMY DRESSING

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine peas, bacon, water chestnuts and onions; set aside. Combine all dressing ingredients until smooth; pour over salad and toss to coat. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

LAYERED PEA SALAD

Steps:

• Stir together salad dressing and sugar in a large salad bowl or 9x13 glass baking dish until sugar is dissolved. Add peas and chopped green pepper, if desired, and mix lightly to combine. Spread the pea mixture evenly across the bottom of the dish.
• Spread the lettuce in an even layer over the pea mixture, and top the lettuce with a layer of the Cheddar cheese. Sprinkle bacon bits over the cheese.
• Chill for at least 8 hours or overnight to blend flavors.

SEVEN LAYER PEA SALAD

Steps:

• Layer ingredients in the order listed above.
• It is important to chop the lettuce, peppers and onions very small.
• When spreading the salad dressing, make sure you cover the bottom layers completely, to the sides of the dish.
• Refrigerate for at least 12 hours before serving.