Tag Archives: summer salads

Plum tomato, mint and caper salad

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

I started my leftover-defrost-declutter process at the weekend not with a recipe but with a rather wasteful trashing of the large, by-now-unhappy-looking, piece of watermelon. So that salad idea was out. Then I made Bill Granger’s honey and garlic chicken again (lovely, but I think … Continue reading →

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An old favourite: watermelon and feta salad recipe

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Watermelon always seemed the ultimate treat. After all, my childhood was spent watching cartoons in which any success was celebrated with a ‘slap-up’ feast full of large wedges of the stuff. But, since it was absent from 1970s Britain (or … Continue reading →

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Puy lentil salad with goat’s cheese, spinach and pine nuts

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

Comfort food isn’t something I often associate with the summer. It’s a description I tend to use for sausages and mash, roast dinners and bowls of soothing Thai chicken soup. But sometimes I crave a particular taste, a particular combination … Continue reading →

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Chicken Caesar salad recipe

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

On day two of the fridge-emptying exercise I decided to use up the roasted chicken. Whereas a packet of feta will last a lifetime, or near as dammit, a rotisserie bird, even from a reliable supermarket like Waitrose, isn’t quite … Continue reading →

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