20 minutes
to 1 hour To serve pile the rocket on to a platter and mound the zucchini and fennel on top. Drizzle with most of the dressing and season to taste with more lemon juice, olive oil or salt as you like. A great tip from Heidi if the lemons are on the sour side is to add a little honey.
The recipe I want to share with you today was inspired by a Pasta and Fried ZucchiniSalad from one of my favourite cookbooks - Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi
I didn't have much of an idea of where I was going with this salad, and like most good things do it simply grew from my desire to make something fresh, fast and healthy
Grilled Mackerel with Fenneland Apple Salad. Toss together the fennel, apple and leaves. These wee fish don't swim in our Pacific waters and they really are quite under rated
Surimi I guess most of us associates it with crab meat but in Japan surimi can be made out of any seafood that is pulverized to a thick paste and formed into various shapes
What must be in is Tuna, Black Olives, Capers, Eggs, Anchovies, Crispy lettuce and Tomatoes. What I love most about Salad Nicoise, is how beautiful it is
Of course, after several days of eating out, it is wonderful to be now on Paros and able to return to the kitchen - and of course the first meal I prepared was a Greek salad
Spring has officially sprung and despite the average weather we woke up too in my neck of the woods, we can still feel that summer is on it’s way and soon it will be saladand BBQ weather
They offered me a range of delicious choices, and although I was sorely tempted to try out the Warm Salad of Lamb, Asparagus, Spring Onions and Pomegranate Seeds with Lentil and Black Olives or the Rolled Baklava with Orange Syrup and Greek Yoghurt, I eventually set my mind to the Zuchinni, Mint and Feta Fritters
So, I spent today making pickles, quick bread and these lovely zucchini corn cakes. I've carefully controlled my purchases at farm standsand green markets this summer
This salad is a great example of that - the original recipe called for a combination of beetroot, blood oranges and pumpkin, together with witloof and watercress
What really makes this salad good is the dressing the corianderand mint, some crunchy vegetables topped of with some peanuts and deep fried shallots and of course some chile
a Chocolate Zucchini Cake and a veganised version of the Zucchini Fritter. We have just two plants and already I have to beg my Facebook friends for new recipe ideas
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