Salads and Sides

Salads and Sides

potato salad serve 2

Potato Salad with Pancetta & Roasted Peppers

A lovely fresh, light potato salad, with smoky pancetta, roasted red peppers and a zingy lime dressing, perfect summer food…. Everyone loves a potato salad, don’t they?? Being an Irishman, its one of my hubby’s favourite things. Not just in salad form, potato of any kind really! This is a healthier recipe than the usual […] Read more…

Lentils & Squash Salad serve 3

Roasted Squash & Rocket Salad with Puy Lentils

This is such a filling salad, with the sweetness of roasted butternut squash, earthy lentils, peppery rocket and smooth, salty feta cheese…. During the summer I often eat salads for my main meal, and as such need to make sure they’re filling. Otherwise I’ll be heading for the snacks and ultimately undoing all my good work! […] Read more…

Mango Salad serve 3

Mango & Avocado Salad with Poached Chicken

Sweet mango and creamy avocado salad dressed with zingy lime, also topped with delicately fragrant poached chicken. This is perfect sunshine food…. Despite the fact that summer seems to have deserted us and winter has returned, I take great pleasure in sharing this beautifully flavoursome mango and avocado salad with you! Seriously what is this weather […] Read more…

avocado dressing serve 2

Creamy Avocado and Lime Dressing

If you are looking for a healthy and delicious salad dressing  then try this fabulous creamy avocado dressing, with fragrant coriander and a zesty lime kick…. The inspiration to make this versatile dressing came after eating the most delicious homemade guacamole at the weekend. The flavours are very similar, but the texture is creamy smooth and it’s […] Read more…

Halloumi salad serve 6

Halloumi and Tangy Pomegranate Salad

A salad of divinely salty Halloumi on a bed of peppery rocket with juicy pomegranate seeds, pistachios and the most amazing honey roasted almonds…. Halloumi is up there as being one of my favourite cheeses, but not one I have in salads very often as its best served cooked. There are days when the effort […] Read more…

Sweet Potato and Red Onion Rösti

These beautifully crispy, golden sweet potato rösti make a perfect ‘healthy carb’ accompaniment to any meal, or a delicious base for breakfast, lunch and brunch dishes… I’m not a big carb eater, except maybe for weekends when it seems to be no holds barred, but I do love a sweet potato. As well as tasting […] Read more…

falafel serve 1

Baked Sweet Potato & Chickpea Falafel

These fantastically moreish chickpea and sweet potato falafel are packed full of fabulous flavour. Crispy outside with a soft, aromatic centre and delicious eaten hot or cold… This is a variation of the classic falafel recipe, using sweet potato and beautiful, warm, aromatic spices. I do still use chickpeas, as an attempt to stay loyal […] Read more…

Butterbean Salad serve 2

Warm Butterbean and Roasted Red Pepper Salad

A quick and easy warm salad full of fabulous Mediterranean flavours. A butterbean salad with sweet roasted red peppers, smoky chorizo, and peppery rocket, bringing so much flavour on one plate…. So this week winter has made an appearance again, which after so many lovely mild days has been a real shock to the system! I’ve […] Read more…

sweetcorn salsa serve 2

Sweetcorn, Avocado and Peanut Salsa

A rainbow salsa with crisp sweetcorn, creamy avocado and crunchy peanuts, lightly dressed with deliciously refreshing lime and coriander… I have just spent the last week trying to redeem myself after consuming far more sugar than I am comfortable with over the Easter weekend! The weekends can be a tricky time to carry on with healthy […] Read more…

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