High-Protein Edamame & Pea Salad: Fresh, Fast & GLP-1 Friendly

Fiona Staunton • May 18, 2026

High-protein edamame salad — fresh, nutritious and perfect for summer 🌿

Did you know edamame are young soya beans?

They are a great source of plant-based protein and also contain phytoestrogens, which makes them a lovely ingredient to include in a balanced diet, especially around midlife and menopause.

This Edamame & Pea Salad is fresh, simple, high in protein and full of flavour. It is also ideal if you are taking a GLP-1 medication and want smaller meals that still deliver on nutrition, texture and taste.

This salad is especially useful if you are taking a GLP-1 medication and finding that smaller meals suit you better. The focus is on making every bite count: protein, fibre, colour, crunch and flavour all in one bowl.

It takes just minutes to make and is a brilliant one to have on hand for lunch, dinner or as a side dish with fish, chicken or tofu. It is also a great way to use up fresh mint from the garden — it grows like weeds at this time of year!

Edamame & Pea Salad

Ingredients

2 cups frozen edamame beans
2 cups frozen peas
Handful of fresh mint, chopped
200g feta
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper

Method

Using a double strainer, cook the edamame beans for approximately 5 minutes and the peas for approximately 2 minutes, until cooked al dente. Rinse and drain.
Add the beans and peas to a bowl, sprinkle the chopped mint on top and season with salt and pepper.
Crumble over the feta, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and toss just before serving.

Serving suggestion

Serve at room temperature as a light lunch or as a side to a protein, such as fish.

Variation

You can omit the feta if you like. I often mix chopped mint with frozen edamame and frozen peas and keep them in a container in the freezer. Then I just grab a portion as I need it, cook it in the microwave and use a fine strainer to drain it so I don’t lose the mint.