
Did you know there is a whole week dedicated to peas?
Great British Pea Week
Can you imagine sausage and mash without peas or a spring evening without pea and mint soup, or a goat’s cheese salad without a scattering of freshly podded peas? Peas are the champions of the vegetable world!
Pea shoots are relative new-comers to our salad bowls. Pea shoots have delectable leaves and tendrils and, unsurprisingly, taste like peas. These lovely little shoots make a delicious salad and work equally served with freshly steamed or pan-fried fish.
And they are very easy to grow.
So easy that my eight-year-old grew (and ate) on her windowsill, a miniature garden full in just a couple of weeks.
They grow very well on the kitchen sill next to your other herbs; simply purchase a packet of pea shoot seeds, soak in water, add to a tray of compost and just watch them grow!
Try this mouthwatering salad from the Dairy Diary.
Japanese Chicken & Avocado Salad
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