A Little Salad to my Daze...

About half way through the hottest, driest, & most humid summer we've experienced in 30 years I decided enough was enough. I mean, eating salad was the only smart thing to do but how much lettuce can one person eat ~ even when you like lettuce?  The MOTH, naturally, is far less keen on *rabbit food*, being all red blooded Aussie man & what not.

So I went on the hunt, google being the wonderful facility that it is, for a different salad for each day of the week.  Now being on an island & all, my ability to procure ingredients is somewhat limited.  Just the same we turned up some super recipes.

My standard go~to salad is a mix of whatever I have on hand but generally it contains some or all of the following: rocket & baby spinach;  fried haloumi; dried cranberries; sliced apple; mandarin segments; diced pear; walnuts; celery; sesame seeds; pine nuts; poppy seeds & just a store bought french dressing. When CG was home, having said she wasn't hungry, she watched me make it & promptly devoured most of it.  It is very yummy.

I made a short version of this to go with zucchini fritters. Recipe can be found here... the tzatziki is wonderful with these but I have done them with sweet chilli jam & sour cream or hummus.  Equally wonderful.

Mustardy Kale salad. I replaced the kale with baby spinach but have tried this with both white & orange sweet potato & it was yummy both times.  It does require a little more work & heat as the potato has to be fried or roasted but a heartier salad than most.

This rice salad with poppadoms is an old favourite.  It makes heaps & actually improves with age. It keeps well for several days in the fridge.

Chickpeas & pumpkin ~ not as a salad I decided. I like pumpkin ~ & I like chickpeas but I prefer them hot rather than just warm.

This one was interesting & much nicer than I thought it would be.  Even the man liked it.

The satay slaw was lovely even though the colours sort of put me off. The other is a variation of the roasted sweet potato salad only this recipe used pumpkin with a lime squeeze.

My salad with a mushroom stroganoff & a small boiled potato.

Now the weather is cooling off I am going to try fried green beans.  Who'd'a thought...?