Green peas are an excellent base for salads. Canned or fresh, it can be combined with a variety of ingredients to make delicious salads. By the way, canned peas contain a large amount of useful nucleic acids and vitamins.
If you decide to pamper your homemade delicious salads with green peas, you should first purchase a couple of jars in the store. By the way, it is better to buy canned peas in a glass container. Be sure to read the composition - the smaller the list of ingredients, the better. This product must be free of preservatives. Also carefully inspect the jar for any damage.
Olivier is considered one of the most popular salads with green peas. There are many interesting recipes for this dish. For example, for a vegetable salad with nuts, you will need: 300 g of canned green peas, 100 g of vegetable oil, 50 g of walnuts, 2 fresh cucumbers and tomatoes, 3 cloves of garlic, 2 tbsp. lemon juice or vinegar, as well as a bunch of green onions and dill, salt to taste. Prepared vegetables should be chopped randomly and green peas added to them. Just do not forget to drain the fill from it first. Chop the nuts and garlic and add them to the salad along with the oil and lemon juice. Garnish with herbs before serving.
A very appetizing salad will turn out from canned peas and mushrooms. To begin with, chop 2 boiled eggs very finely and combine them with a sliced bunch of green onions. Mix the ingredients thoroughly. Then put coarsely chopped 400 g of pickled mushrooms and 300 g of peas without pouring to the onions and eggs. It remains only to fill the salad with sour cream, salt and mix everything.
Eggs can be replaced with bell peppers, and sour cream with vegetable oil. Then you get a completely different salad.
If you wish, you can make a more satisfying dish using ham. You will need: 2 celery roots, 2 carrots and 2 sour apples, a glass of vegetable oil and green peas, 300 g of chopped ham, a bunch of parsley and dill. Drain the liquid from the peas, and peel and grate the celery and carrots. Remove seeds from apples and also rub them on a fine grater. Mix all of the above ingredients with the ham and season with vegetable oil.
There is also a very good recipe for making a hearty chicken salad with peas and cheese. To create it, take: 300 g of boiled chicken meat, 200 g of cheese, 2 pickles, 3 sausages, 2 eggs, 200 g of potatoes, 200 g of canned green peas, 2 cloves of garlic, 200 ml of mayonnaise and a bunch of greens. Rub the garlic with cheese and boiled eggs on a grater. Then cut the boiled sausages, potatoes and chicken into small cubes. Put all the resulting ingredients in a salad bowl, add green peas and season everything well with mayonnaise.
Don't forget to garnish the salad with chopped herbs.
If you love seafood, try making a mussel salad. To do this, finely chop 2 boiled eggs. Also rinse and chop a bunch of dill, 2 peeled onions and 200g green salad. Mix the above products and add to them 200 g of canned peas and 300 g of boiled mussels, as well as 2 tbsp. vegetable oil. Salt everything to taste and season the salad with mayonnaise.
