Recipe: Simple Summer Salad

Simple Summer Salad
Source: Adapted from "Simple Food for the Good Life" by Helen Nearing (Chelsea Green, 1980).

2 cups fresh green peas, uncooked
2 green peppers, chopped
2 carrots, slivered
2 young cucumbers, thinly sliced
cup minced parsley
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Lettuce leaves

Place the peas, green pepper, carrots, cucumbers, and parsley in a bowl. Toss well with the olive oil and lemon juice until the vegetables are well-coated. Serve on a bed of lettuce leaves.

Serve 4.