Shades of Green

The title of this post seems fitting as I'm currently foraging through palettes and palettes of different shades of green in preparation for upcoming renovations. I'm currently torn between a Rainforest, Bright Olive and Citron green. 
So when making a salad to take to a BBQ recently a green salad was the obvious choice. It contains 6 green ingredients and a simple vinaigrette, for an easy fresh side dish. 






Ingredients 

• 1 cos lettuce
• 1 cup of frozen peas
• 1 handful of snow peas (8-10)
• 1 avocado 
• 1 large handful of parsley 
• 1 handful of pumpkin seeds. 
• 6 tbsp good quality olive oil 
• 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
• flakey salt and cracked pepper

First, blanch the peas in a pot of boiling water. Boil two minutes, till bright green, drain, and plunge into a bowl of iced water to cool. Drain. 

Shred the lettuce leaves and scatter on a platter. Scatter drained cooled peas over top. 

Finely slice snow peas, and scatter these over also. 

Dice avocado, scatter. 

Finely chop parsley, scatter. 

Toast pumpkin seeds in a hot dry pan, scatter. 

To make dressing place olive oil and red wine vinegar in a jar, season with flakey salt and cracked pepper, put lid on and shake vigourously. Drizzle over the salad. 

Serve. 
Enjoy.