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Our Healthy Ranch Pea Salad is fast and flavorful, using high-protein ingredients that you’ll love for an easy meal prep or side dish when your week is busy.
Next, you may want to try this Charred Sugar Snap Peas or Summer Peas and Green Bean Salad!
Why you’ll love this ranch pea salad recipe
- Cottage Cheese: Cottage cheese is a rich source of protein, calcium, and probiotics, while peas are packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
- Bacon: Add in some crispy nitrate-free bacon for a fun boost of flavor and texture, and you’ve got a salad that’s super satisfying.
- Overall take: This healthy pea salad is a creamy, tangy, protein-boosted salad that’s as easy to make as it is delicious!
If you are looking for more high protein side dishes to make this week, here are some more that are super easy recipes; Easy Marinated Bean Salad, Easy Cream of Mushroom Soup (High Protein + Fiber), and Smashed Roasted Cauliflower.
Adaptations and Substitutions
No Cottage Cheese? That’s okay! Just use Greek yogurt instead.
Frozen peas: If you don’t have frozen peas you can use fresh ones. If you don’t have either, try this recipes with asparagus.
Ingredients
These are the high protein and flavor filled ingredients that make this Healthy Ranch Pea Salad Recipe delicious and nutritious.
6 servings
For the cottage cheese ranch dressing:
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 2-3 Tbsps milk of your choice
- 2 tsps apple cider vinegar
- ½ tsp dried chives
- ½ tsp dried parsley
- ½ tsp dried dill weed
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ⅛ tsp sea salt, or to taste
- ⅛ tsp ground black pepper
For the salad:
- 24 oz frozen peas, thawed and thoroughly drained
- 6 slices crumbled nitrate-free high-quality bacon
- 1 small red onion, finely diced
How to make Healthy Ranch Pea Salad:
Step 1. Place all the ingredients for your dressing in a blender and blend until smooth. You can adjust the amount of milk to achieve your preferred dressing consistency.
Step 2. In a large bowl, add your thawed/drained peas, crumbled bacon, and diced onion.
Step 3. Pour your dressing over everything and gently toss to combine. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving, to allow the flavors to develop.
Enjoy!
💚Rachel
Rachel’s Tips for Best Results
🥓We eat bacon a few times each month at our house because it’s something we (REALLY, REALLY) enjoy!
There are many high-quality bacon options available these days. Look for nitrate-free and humanely raised if possible. Always read the ingredients so you know what you’re really buying.
Serving Suggestions
This delicious side dish pairs perfectly with so many of our clean recipes. Here are a few I think you will really love:
Leftover Storage Instructions
This creamy pea salad keeps well in the refrigerator for up to 5 days for a quick and easy snack or side dish. I don’t recommend freezing it due to the texture quality of the bacon after freezing. However, if you were to leave the bacon out, then it should freeze well for up to 3 months…just add the bacon right before eating!
Recipe FAQ’s
Can I omit the red onions from this pea salad?
Yes, however the flavor will be a bit different.
Can I eat ranch pea salad hot?
While the intended recipe was made to eat cold, I believe heating the peas and adding the dressing would also work.
More Delicious Salad Recipes
- Avocado Bean Salad
- Waldorf Chicken Chopped Salad
- Roasted Broccoli Caesar Salad
- Toasted Quinoa Cucumber Salad
- Simple Avocado Tuna Salad
Healthy Ranch Pea Salad
Ingredients
For the cottage cheese ranch dressing:
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 2-3 Tbsps milk of your choice
- 2 tsps apple cider vinegar
- ½ tsp dried chives
- ½ tsp dried parsley
- ½ tsp dried dill weed
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ⅛ tsp sea salt, or to taste
- ⅛ tsp ground black pepper
For the salad:
- 24 oz frozen peas, thawed and thoroughly drained
- 6 slices crumbled nitrate-free high-quality bacon
- 1 small red onion, finely diced
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients for your dressing in a blender and blend until smooth.
- You can adjust the amount of milk to achieve your preferred dressing consistency.
- In a large bowl, add your thawed/drained peas, crumbled bacon, and diced onion.
- Pour your dressing over everything and gently toss to combine.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving, to allow the flavors to develop.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
