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Raw Asparagus Salad

March 28, 2016 By Donna Leave a Comment

Celebrate Spring with raw – not roasted – asparagus with peas, feta and lemon.

Raw Asparagus Salad

Roasted is usually the way we enjoy asparagus at our house. So I was skeptical when I heard of eating asparagus raw. No more.

This raw asparagus salad is a playful mixture of flavors and textures. The asparagus is crisp, the peas soft and the feta creamy. Stir in a tart lemon vinaigrette and this is a Spring Celebration on your plate.

If you’ve never eaten asparagus raw – neither had I, before this salad – you are in for a real treat. It is crunchy, delicious and so unique served this way. Bonus: it takes only about 10 minutes to put together, and that includes all the chopping! I predict that this will become a spring staple in your house.

Raw Asparagus Salad

Raw Asparagus Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette

2 lemons
1 garlic clove
1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Pinch of sugar (optional)

1 bunch of thin asparagus
1 block (4 ounces) feta
1 cup frozen peas

Squeeze the juice from the lemons into a blender. Add just a pinch of lemon zest. Add garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil and blend until very smooth. Taste and add salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar if desired, to taste.

Slice the tough ends off the asparagus. Slice asparagus into slices a little thicker than 1/4 inch. Cut the feta into 1/4 inch cubes.

Toss the vinaigrette with the asparagus, peas and feta. Serve immediately.

Raw Asparagus Salad
 
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Celebrate all the flavors and textures of spring - and you'll love this new way to eat asparagus: Raw!
Author: Donna
Recipe type: Salad
Ingredients
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 garlic clove
  • ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper
  • 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • Pinch of sugar (optional)
  • 1 bunch of thin asparagus
  • 1 block (4 ounces) feta
  • 1 cup frozen peas
Instructions
  1. Squeeze the juice from the lemons into a blender. Add just a pinch of lemon zest. Add garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil and blend until very smooth. Taste and add salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar if desired, to taste.
  2. Slice the tough ends off the asparagus. Slice asparagus into slices a little thicker than ¼ inch. Cut the feta into ¼ inch cubes.
  3. Toss the vinaigrette with the asparagus, peas and feta. Serve immediately.
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Other food bloggers do raw asparagus:

Shaved Asparagus Salad, Cookin Canuck
Blood Orange Asparagus Salad, Cafe Johnsonia
Shaved Asparagus with Parmesan Salad, A Couple Cooks

Filed Under: Healthy Fare, Salads Tagged With: asparagus salad recipe, asparagus salads, raw asparagus recipe, raw asparagus salad

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