Give Peas a Chance Salad

tofucheesecake's Note:

A politically correct salad from The Party Girl Cookbook by Nina Lesowitz and Lara Morris Starr. It can be made a day ahead, wrapped, and refrigerated.

• Total Time: 7 mins
• Prep Time: 7 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 2 cups shelled raw fresh peas (or frozen, in a pinch); about 2 lbs. unshelled)
• 1 cup finely chopped celery
• 1 cup unsalted dry roasted peanuts
• 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts , drained
• ½ cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon celery salt
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• salt

Directions:

1. In a salad bowl, toss together peas, celery, peanuts and water chestnuts.
2. Combine sour cream, celery salt, and soy sauce.
3. Toss with salad ingredients.

Reviews

[AZ to AK]

I love pea salads, but I had never made one with peanuts and waterchesnuts so I just had to try it. I did cut the waterchestnuts in half because they just seemed to big compared to all the other ingredients in the salad. I thought this was fantastic the day that I made it. I went to have some for lunch the following day, and it was still good, but had become quite watery and the peanuts had lost their nice crunch. I will definitely make this again because I usually have all of these items on hand.