[QUOTE]What went into your mom's cold pea salad?QUOTE]
Hmm I'd have to call her an ask, but I think it involves mayo, diced celery, and fresh dill. Possibly minced onion too. I ferget, are you veggie or vegan?
I also found this one on the Dry Pea & Lentil Council's (who knew??) website. You might be able to sub in frozen peas and millet instead of split peas and rice. Hopefully some yogurt instead of all that mayo:
Crunchy Pea Salad Serves 12
1 1/2 cups USA split peas, rinsed 3 cups water 1 1/2 cup instant rice, cooked 1 can (8 oz.) water chestnuts, diced 3 bunches of green onions, chopped 1/2 cup chili sauce A few drops Tabasco sauce 1 Tbsp. horseradish (optional) 1/4 cup sweet red pepper sauce (optional) 1 cup mayonnaise Cook the split peas in boiling water for 25-30 minutes. Peas should be tender but not mushy. Drain, rinse, and chill. Chill cooked rice. Combine the peas and rice with the water chestnuts, green onions, and celery.
Dressing: Combine mayonnaise, chili sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and pepper sauce. Mix into salad ingredients.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by grrlscout: I had to laugh, cuz I mis-read the title of this thread at first.
For the peas, you could make a curry, samosas, or a cold pea salad.
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Thats a perfect idea. I have a potato and the frozen peas plus an opened jar of hot curry paste. I could serve this with millet or one of my other unusual grains.
What went into your mom's cold pea salad?
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I had to laugh, cuz I mis-read the title of this thread at first.
For the peas, you could make a curry, samosas, or a cold pea salad. My mom makes an awesome pea salad, but she usually uses canned peas. I bet frozen would be better.
Anyway, I found this recipe:
Peas, Potato, and Eggplant Curry
Ingredients:
2 Large potatoes 1 med. size eggplant 1 cup frozen peas 2 cloves garlic 1/4 tb. ginger 1 dried hot chili or 1/4 teas. chili powder 1 onion 1/2 teas. tumeric powder
Directions:
Wash and cut potatoes in small pieces. Cut eggplant into thin slices, about 2-3 inches long. Put it in water.
With 2 T's of water, blend the cloves of garlic, ginger, dried chili or chili powder, and onion. Make it into a thick mixture.
Put a cooking pot over a low heat. (add oil). Add tumeric powder and blended spices. When the spices become relatively thick, add potatoes. Mix thoroughly and put thge lid on the pot. Let it cook 3 mins.
Now, add sliced eggplant. Mix thoroughly. Add 1/2 C. water. Put lid on. Cook for 8 mins. You may want to check the veggies to make sure the bottom does not burn.
Add peas and salt. Mix all veggies and put lid back. Cook for 4 to 9 mins. When the eggplants feels soft, turn off the heat, mix again.
Serve hot or warm. Brown Bastmati rice is good with this.
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Oh, and check the "carb confused" thread. I posted an article there about whole grains, with recipes. You might find one in there that will use your millet.
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I didn't intend for these to be eaten together. I was just tossing out a few items that need to be eaten because they've been opened. I have three open bags of frozen peas and I only use them in one recipe. I don't have any of the other 12 ingredients for that recipe, so I was interested in other uses.
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Fer, One of my daugher's favorite meals is tiny pasta with peas. I add some EVOO and parm cheese, but these are not necessary. The peas and pasta form a complete protein, I think. Hang in!
Those items don't really seem to go together to me, though someone else might have a great idea. I like those tiny pastas with butter and a little romano cheese. KD had a pasta recipe that used frozen peas.
All I can think of for the chili is veggie chili dogs.
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I was just tossing out a few items that need to be eaten because they've been opened. I have three open bags of frozen peas and I only use them in one recipe. I don't have any of the other 12 ingredients for that recipe, so I was interested in other uses.
