Summer Salad Suggestions

Are you enjoying salads in your menu plans?

Eddie and I are!

Especially as here in the UK we have been enjoying sunshine and warm temperatures.

Egg and parsley salad with watercress dressing

This recipe can be used for a picnic or an 'at home' gathering.

A picnic's not a picnic without a boiled egg or two.

Serve them in a salad with parsley, shallots, a watercress dressing

and a sprinkling of chilli salt ... 😋

Ingredients

Serves 8- 10

6 eggs, the best quality you can buy
small bunch parsley, leaves picked
1 shallot, peeled and sliced into thin rings
½ tsp dried chilli flakes
For the watercress dressing

70g watercress
75ml olive oil

Method

1. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and boil the eggs for 9 mins, then drain, cool, peel and halve. Whizz the watercress and oil together with a pinch of salt and set aside. Mix the chilli flakes with some flaky salt and set aside. Everything can be prepared the day before and chilled, though there’s no need to chill the salt.
2. Take everything to the picnic* in separate containers, then when you get there, scatter the eggs with the parsley and shallots, drizzle everything with the watercress oil and season with the chilli salt.

* This salad can also be enjoyed as an at home gathering.

From original idea here

Triple Berry Summer Salad

I first came across this recipe in 2015 ...

Years on it is still a favourite

The ingredients just get your taste buds working

Ingredients
Serves four
9oz baby spinach, torn
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 cup raspberries
1 cup blueberries
1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1/3 cup chopped basil
1 avocado, chopped
4oz goat cheese
Method
1. Divide baby spinach between plates then top with berries, almonds*, basil and chopped avocado. Crumble goat cheese on top then dress with salad dressing. You could use a strawberry balsamic vinegar, but any olive-oil based vinaigrette would be fantastic.
2. So easy and fabulously fresh, no-cook, and light ...yet filling from the goat cheese and avocado. You could if you wish serve it with some grilled chicken breast marinated in some of that balsamic vinegar. Dear readers it's entirely up to you.

*The easiest way to toast almonds is to spread them on a plate and microwave in thirty second increments until they’re golden brown. You could also do this in the oven, but sometimes you just don't need the oven on!

I hope you enjoy this taste of summer soon, see original recipe idea here
If you should need help with measurement/weight conversion see here

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Italian Salads : Gino D'Acampo : See here

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We bring a variety of recipe ideas to this blog, and not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter. If you have any concerns about your health, it is always advisable to consult your doctor or health care team.

All the best Jan