African Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice about 2 ½ limes, juiced
• 1 cup chopped parsley
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 5 cups black eyed peas cooked, roughly 3 cups dried peas makes 5 cups cooked, see notes for cooking instructions
• 10 scallions roughly chopped
• 1 red bell pepper stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes chopped
• 1 cucumber medium, seeded and finely chopped
• 2 serrano peppers or 1 habanero or Scotch bonnet chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• brown basmati rice Cooked, optional
• avocado Sliced, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 540 calories
• Carbohydrate : 60 grams
• Fat : 25 grams
• Fiber : 4 grams
• Protein : 22 grams
• SaturatedFat : 4 grams
• Sodium : 190 milligrams
• Sugar : 4 grams