Celery and Snap Pea Salad with Blue Cheese and Pomegranate
Recipe by Chadwick Boyd, Food and Lifestyle Expert, Josie’s Organics
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
1/2 cup olive oil
6 cloves garlic, grated
zest from 1/2 lemon
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups Josie’s Organics celery, including leaves, cut about 1/4 inch thick
1 1/2 cups sugar snap peas, cut on the bias about 1/4 inch thick*
sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
1 cup blue cheese, sliced very thinly**
1/4 cup pomegranate seeds***
In a small pot, add olive oil and garlic and heat on medium-low. Cook 10 to15 minutes to infuse oil with the garlic. Take off heat and stir in lemon zest and salt.
In a large bowl, add celery and peas, reserving celery leaves. Pour over warm olive oil and mix well. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a serving platter or shallow dish. Layer on cheese slices and scatter pomegranate seeds and celery leaves on top. Serve.
* Use a bag of frozen peas if you don’t have fresh sugar snaps. The warm dressing thaws the peas.
** Prepackaged crumbled blue cheese works as an alternative to the blue cheese slices.
*** If you can’t find pomegranate seeds, toss in dried cranberries and a handful of sunflower or pumpkin seeds for sweet crunch.
Flavors Pairing Suggestion: Mark West Pinot Noir
Josie’s Organics
Sold at Whole Foods
Midtown Place Shopping Center
650 Ponce de Leon Avenue N.E.,
404/853-1681
josiesorganics.com
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
1/2 cup olive oil
6 cloves garlic, grated
zest from 1/2 lemon
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups Josie’s Organics celery, including leaves, cut about 1/4 inch thick
1 1/2 cups sugar snap peas, cut on the bias about 1/4 inch thick*
sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
1 cup blue cheese, sliced very thinly**
1/4 cup pomegranate seeds***
In a small pot, add olive oil and garlic and heat on medium-low. Cook 10 to15 minutes to infuse oil with the garlic. Take off heat and stir in lemon zest and salt.
In a large bowl, add celery and peas, reserving celery leaves. Pour over warm olive oil and mix well. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a serving platter or shallow dish. Layer on cheese slices and scatter pomegranate seeds and celery leaves on top. Serve.
* Use a bag of frozen peas if you don’t have fresh sugar snaps. The warm dressing thaws the peas.
** Prepackaged crumbled blue cheese works as an alternative to the blue cheese slices.
*** If you can’t find pomegranate seeds, toss in dried cranberries and a handful of sunflower or pumpkin seeds for sweet crunch.
Flavors Pairing Suggestion: Mark West Pinot Noir
Josie’s Organics
Sold at Whole Foods
Midtown Place Shopping Center
650 Ponce de Leon Avenue N.E.,
404/853-1681
josiesorganics.com
