🫛 The fresh spring salad on repeat over here


Hey Reader!

How popular are salads at your house? Or how do you feel about them?

Personally, I love them. They're such an easy no-cook side, plus I really enjoy fresh, crunchy veggies with different textures, cheeses, seeds, herbs, and allll the olive oil.

And while Andy and his son will eat a salad... their chicken nugget excitement is 10x that 😄

So when I make a salad and I'm not the only one excited about it at home?? I consider that HUGE win, which exactly why we've made this snap pea and edamame salad every single week for the past six weeks.

It's simple, crunchy, bright, and fresh. Perfect to add something fresh and seasonal to your dinner menu next week!

And here's the secret: slicing your snap peas thinly, on the bias (aka at an angle). More surface area to soak up the lemony miso ginger dressing, plus it eats like a nicely textured chopped salad.

Here's how we're serving it:

  • As a side with dinner
  • In grain bowls or homemade poke bowls
  • As a quick, plant-forward snack (with a nice protein boost from edamame!)

Excited for my garden sugar snap peas to come so I can make this salad with them! 🫛

From my seasonal kitchen to yours,

💛 Tera

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