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Salads

Watercress, raisin and pine nut salad

By Cath

April 26, 2011

A quick and tasty salad to serve with gnocchi and a campfire stew.
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Beach Barbeque

By Cath

May 21, 2009

Math recently acquired a portable barbeque, the Weber Charcoal Go-Anywhere Grill. It has a pleasingly vintage shape, and is solidly constructed. We spent an afternoon at Homebase checking out the other portable barbecues, all of which felt rather neurotic and liable to fall apart in a complete collapse of nerve. The Weber has a...
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Orange and carrot salad

By Cath

May 21, 2009

This goes really well with spicy kebabs, tucked up beside a small pile of warm pitta breads. Ingredients 200g carrots, peeled and grated Juice of half an orange 1 tbs white wine vinegar or juice of half a lemon Salt and pepper Pinch of cinnamon 5 dried dates, stoned and chopped 1 tsp honey...
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Fennel coleslaw

By Cath

May 21, 2009

Serves 4 My daughter and her little friends dare one another to eat the school coleslaw, so ingrained is the revulsion toward this traditional side salad. But a freshly made coleslaw with fennel is delicious with barbequed chicken or fish. Ingredients 1 bulb of fennel, outer layer and stem removed and finely sliced, save...
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Feta and mint salad

By Cath

May 21, 2009

Serves 4 If you can get fresh peas in their pod and a decent crumbly feta cheese, then this is great for lunch served with hearty chunks of brown bread. Ingredients 1 x 200g packet of feta cheese 100-150g (about one bag) tasty leaves like watercress, lamb’s lettuce, rocket or a mixture 100g fresh...
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Salade nicoise

By Cath

May 21, 2009

Serves 4 A classic salad easily prepared outside a tent on a warm evening. Ingredients 300g salad potatoes, Jersey Royals if you’re feeling flash 100g green beans, topped and tailed 4 eggs 1 tbsp herbs such as tarragon, chervil and/or chives, chopped 4 tbs olive oil Juice of half a lemon 1 clove garlic...
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