Tag Archives: olive oil
Pear, Orange and Avocado Salad
We ate this refreshing salad on Maggioli Island in Lake Tresiemo, Italy. We had this as a starter salad but it can accompany a main dish. Ingredients 1 small Iceberg lettuce 2 pears 2 sticks celery 1 orange 1 avocado … Continue reading
Avocado and Lebanese Cucumbers
My husband looked in the fridge and came up with this simple salad to accompany our main course. Ingredients 1 ripe avocado 2 small Lebanese cucumbers 6 cherry tomatoes, halved 2 spring onions, sliced finely fresh parsley. chopped 1 lime … Continue reading
Green Salad Dressing
The third dressing in the series. Perfect over salads, sweet potato wedges, as a topping to baked potatoes or over vegetables. I also mixed it into leftover pasta as a snack. Ingredients 1 ripe avocado 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves … Continue reading
Preserved Lemons
This recipe was given to me by Keryn. It is delicious in salads, stews and in or with curries. Ingredients 12 ripe lemons 3 tsp rock salt 6 small bay leaves 6 small sticks of cinnamon 6 tsp black and … Continue reading
Broccoli, Spinach and Apple Salad
A meal in a salad. Ingredients 1 large head of broccoli 80 g baby spinach 1 apple large pink lady, washed and thinly sliced 4 radishes, trimmed and thinly sliced Dressing 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 tsp mustard 40 ml … Continue reading
Roast Pumpkin and Chickpea Salad
A colourful dish. Ingredients half a butternut pumpkin, peeled and chopped 1 Tbsp olive oil 400g can chickpeas, drained 1 red onion, sliced 1 pkt baby spinach 35g pistachio nuts, toasted 35g cashew nuts, lightly toasted Vinaigrette 1 clove garlic … Continue reading
Beetroot and Lentil Salad
This recipe is for Andrea who loves beetroot! Ingredients 4 raw beetroots, scrub and cut into wedges 1 tin brown lentils 4 Tbsp olive oil 2 punnet of cherry tomatoes 4 tsp white wine vinegar 2 tsp Dijon mustard 2 … Continue reading
