Springtime Sugar Snap Pea Salad (Gluten-Free)

Celiac.com 04/13/2021 - If you're looking for a nutritious delicious salad that's perfect perfect for early spring, this sugar snap pea salad is the perfect way to celebrate spring. Serve it with your favorite grilled fish and lime wedges for a deliciously light, and nutritious spring meal. 

Ingredients:

• 12 ounces sugar snap peas (4 cups), washed, w/ strings removed
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon minced spearmint
• kosher salt and black pepper
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted (optional)

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Directions:

This salad is delicious raw. To make it that way, skip the blanching.

Sauté the snap peas and onion in a pan with a tablespoon of olive oil at medium-high heat for about 1 minute or so, until lightly blanched. Remove the pan from the heat, and pour peas and oil into a glass bowl, and chill in the refrigerator until cool. 

When the peas and onions are cool, add lime juice, ginger, spearmint, and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper, along with sesame seeds, as desired, and toss lightly, until coated.