# Kenji’s Spring Veggie Salad

This salad requires a lot of blanching, but is both sweet and crispy.

- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- cucumber
- red onion
- fava beans
- peas
- snap peas
- asparagus
- broccolini
- lemon juice
- mustard
- olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- arugula
- sunflower seeds
- goat cheese
- labneh

## Instructions

1. Slice the cucumber into half-moons.
2. Strain the sliced cucumbers.
3. Slice the red onion.
4. Soak the sliced red onion in water.
5. Shell the peas.
6. Cut the ends of the snap peas.
7. Cut the asparagus.
8. Chop the broccolini.
9. Add water to a pot and bring to a boil.
10. Blanche the broccolini, snap peas and the peas.
11. Blanche the fava beans.
12. Peel the fava beans.
13. Make the dressing by combining lemon juice, mustard, olive oil, salt and pepper.
14. Add the broccolini, snap peas, peas, fava beans to the dressing.
15. Add the arugula, sliced red onion, cucumber, sunflower seeds and goat cheese.
16. Mix well and season with pepper.
17. Smear labneh on a plate and drizzle olive oil.
18. Add salad on top of the labneh.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- bowl
- colander
- pot
- slotted spoon
- lemon squeezer
- whisk

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/191GzheVZu/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3dbdbcf5-dd2f-4d04-9a9a-e263404d1df9
- Extracted: 2025-06-17

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