This Snap Pea Burrata Salad Will Make Your Mother’s Day

If you’ve cooked for a Mother’s Day in the past, it’s likely you’ve flipped (and maybe burnt) your fair share of French toast. After all, the holiday is famous for breakfast in bed, and FT is an enduring classic. But this year, why not break tradition, look past the syrup, and instead embrace fresh farmers’ market flavors that the moms in your life will surely love?

To celebrate this holiday in a new culinary way, we turned to Los Angeles-based boutique cooking school Abundance + Company. Run by a dynamic duo of best friends, this school takes advantage of the Santa Monica Farmers Market to source fantastic seasonal produce. From there, they meticulously curate specialty menus that they teach to those among us who live (or can travel to) Southern California. The end result? A series of dishes to add to your repertoire that strike that rare balance between whimsical and healthy.

Not looking to book a plane ticket to SoCal anytime soon? Abundance + Company has kindly gifted us a recipe for an appetizer you can make virtually anywhere. This simple salad is amplifies the flavors of wholesome ingredients like snap peas, lemon, fresh mint, and chives — and the addition of burrata cheese adds a gooey layer of decadence that ensures this dish will be entirely irresistible. Who needs French toast after all?

Snap Pea Salad

Serves 4-6 people

Ingredients

1 lb fresh snap peas
Zest of one lemon
Juice of half a lemon
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 handful of chives, chopped
1 small handful fresh mint, chopped
1 lb burrata cheese
Flaky salt

Instructions

1. Thinly slice the snap peas vertically, and place in a mixing bowl.
2. Add lemon juice, zest, olive oil, chives and mint — reserving a few of the herbs for finishing. Gently mix, taking care not to break peas apart from pods.
3. Spread burrata onto a round serving dish or plate with a knife, so it forms a flattened circle.
4. Pile snap pea mixture on top of the burrata in the center of the platter.
5. Top with remaining herbs and a healthy sprinkle of flaky sea salt and fresh pepper.