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04th Jan 2014

Recipe: A Cool Pea and Cranberry Salad

An incredibly simple recipe for a tasty salad.

Una Kavanagh

Who said that salads had to be boring?

Kick start the New Year with this great take on the leafy salad combined with delicious cranberries, cream cheese and peas. Mmmm, our tummies are rumbling already.

Pea & Cranberry Salad

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Prep: 15 minutes

Cooking: 5 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • 200g shelled peas (or frozen)
  • 100g Ocean Spray Craisins®Dried Cranberries
  • 2 grapefruits, peeled and segmented
  • 4 tablespoons of cream cheese
  • Small bunch of chives
  • 100g salad leaves
  • salt, pepper

Method

Cook the peas in boiling salted water, allow to cool and refresh in cold water.  In a bowl, combine Craisins® Dried Cranberries, peas, grapefruit, cream cheese and chives. Season to taste. Divide the salad leaves into four and use to form a good layer at the bottom of each of the serving glasses.  Then spoon the rest of the combined ingredientson top to fill each glass.  Finish with a few Craisins® Dried Cranberries and chives.

Refrigerate before serving.

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Food & Drink