Best 8 Cucumber Pea Salad Recipes

SNAP PEA AND CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• For the salad: Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the snap peas and cook until vibrant green, about 1 to 2 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl of iced water to cool, about 2 minutes. Drain and add to a salad bowl. Stir in the cucumbers, tomatoes and dill.
• For the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil and lemon zest until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Pour the dressing over the salad and toss until coated.
• Cook's Note: As an alternative to boiling, the snap peas can be lightly steamed for 2 minutes.

SUGAR SNAP PEA, RADISH, AND CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Cook peas in a saucepan of boiling salted water just until they turn a brighter shade of green, about 30 seconds. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water to stop cooking.
• Cut halved cucumber and radishes crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Toss peas, cucumber, radishes, and sesame seeds with vinegars and season with salt and pepper.

CUCUMBER AND PEA SALAD

Steps:

• Fill a large bowl with ice and cold water. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add peas and cook uncovered until bright green, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain in a colander and immediately immerse in ice water for several minutes to stop the cooking process. Drain.
• Whisk Greek yogurt, olive oil, and lemon juice together in a bowl. Add parsley, 1/4 cup basil, salt, and pepper. Stir in baby peas and cucumbers. Garnish with remaining basil and walnuts.

CUCUMBER AND SNAP PEA SALAD WITH MINT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together olive oil, vinegar, and mustard. Season with salt and pepper. Add cucumbers and snap peas, then toss to combine. Stir in mint just before serving.

AVOCADO, BEET, PEA AND CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Cover and bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Prepare an ice-water bath. Add peas, and cook, uncovered, until tender but still bright green, about 3 minutes. Remove peas, drain, and then plunge peas into ice water to stop cooking. Drain well. Add beets to boiling water, and cook until tender, about 40 minutes. Remove from heat, drain, and then plunge beets into ice water to stop cooking. Drain well. Peel beets, and cut into 1/8-inch pieces. Transfer to a large bowl.
• In a deep container, combine chives and vinegar using an immersion blender. Add oil in a slow, steady stream, and blend until emulsified (alternately, the vinaigrette can be made in a regular blender). Season with salt and pepper. Strain mixture through a fine sieve.
• In a medium bowl, combine peas and cucumbers. Add 1/4 cup chive oil, and mix to combine. Gently toss in avocados.
• To serve, place a 9-inch ring mold on a platter. Fill with the beet mixture. Top with pea mixture, spreading evenly. Drizzle with a little of the remaining chive oil (reserve any extra for another use). Top with horseradish cream. Remove ring mold, and serve.

CUCUMBER TOMATO AND GREEN PEA SALAD

Steps:

• Quarter Roma tomatoes and deseed them with a spoon. Peel Cucumbers cut lenthwise in half, desseed them with a spoon,and slice into 1/4 pieces. Finely slice red onion. Put frozen peas in collander and rinse with cold water until thawed. Add all of these ingredients into a large bowl. In a small bowl stir and desolve sugar into the rice wine vinerger. Add pepper and dried dill weed to vinerger mixture. ( can use fresh dill too ) Pour rice wine vinerger mixture over salad and marinate in refrigerator for several hours before serving. Best when using home grown tomatoes and cucmbers.

CUCUMBER & CHICK PEA SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk, vinegar, oil,oregano and pepper in a large bowl until combined.
• Add cucumber,drained & rinsed chick peas,bell pepper, feta cheese, onion and olives,toss to coat.
• Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to allow veggies to meld.

CUCUMBER PEA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the cucumber, peas, and Monterey Jack cheese in a bowl. Whisk the mayonnaise and milk together in a small bowl; pour the dressing over the salad. Stir to coat.