At this time of year, everyone needs a wee injection of colour: enter the pomegranate and orange! Our buckwheat salad brightens up the table when you need it most. Keep January bright and beautiful with this refreshing lunch, full of nutrition to keep the bugs at bay! …
Salads
Purple Sprouting Broccoli with Tahini Dressing
Here’s a tasty, balanced lunchtime dish combining seasonal purple sprouting broccoli – catch it in its short growing season! – or you can use ordinary summer broccoli instead. …
Tapas Time! Chard and Chickpea Salad
This is quite an earthy tapas dish, really lifted by a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Chickpeas and chard are both extremely good for you – full of nutrients and protein. If you can’t get chard, you could use spinach instead – it works just as well. Be sure not to overcook the greens to ensure you get a nice taste (it goes bitter if it’s overdone) and preserve the maximum nutrients. Serve warm or at room temperature….
Tapas Time! Roast Pepper Salad
You can use any type of pepper for this dish, but the long skinny, even slightly spicy, ones work really well. If your peppers have very tough skins you could remove them after roasting by putting them in a plastic bag and waiting till they’ve cooled. Then remove the skins – they should come off fairly easily. With fresh, seasonal peppers, this shouldn’t really be necessary. Use good quality olives – it really makes a difference to this dish!…
Potato & Bean Salad
This is an excellent side dish or lunch. Use a waxy variety of potato like Charlotte or Desirée for the best results. We’ve paired this with a mustard vinaigrette but it would also work well with a home made mayonnaise. Make sure that you add the dressing to the potatoes while they’re cooling and they’ll soak up some of that delicious flavour….
Flower Salad
There are few things more lovely than edible flowers. They bring so much colour and vibrancy to a dish that it becomes divine to eat! Choose carefully and a flower salad can be really delicious. Use only the freshest and those that you know are definitely edible! …
Cucumber Boats
These look really fancy and make perfect canapés for a party without the fuss. Quick and easy, they will impress with next to no effort. A good fresh cucumber is essential – no flabby, passed it affair will be up to scratch – invest in an organic one! Pink peppercorns to top add a subtle crunch and spice without being overpowering. …
Cucumber Salad
This is not quite afternoon tea cucumber sandwiches for ladies who lunch! It’s a bit more like real food… but easier, quicker and yummier! We’ve got tonnes of gorgeous organic cucumbers growing in the green house so we’re leaving our skins on – also this is where most of the goodness of the cucumber is to be found. The dressing for this is a lovely sharp and sweet combo and topped with edible flowers, the salad is definitely fit for a lady!…
pea and bean salad
We feel that nothing beats fresh peas and beans from the garden, lightly steamed and straight onto your plate! Here we combine their naturally sweet flavour with the sharpness of lemon and mustard as well as black basil, lemon basil and fresh tarragon. A great salad for lunch time with some bread or another salad dish, or you could serve it as an accompaniment to a main dish at dinner time. …
beetroot & orange salad
Beautiful beetroot and radiant orange give your table a serious colour injection! Our dressing for this one has orange blossom water which is pretty flowery stuff so if you don’t like it feel free to leave it out or experiment with something else! …