Courgette and feta salad.

Salads are in. On their own or as a side dish, they are at the order ofthe day. It is summer, says the weather! This courgette salad couldn’t be easier or more delicious. It has ingredients that everybody loves, is in season and takes almost no time in preparing.

  1. Wash and slice 3 courgettes in sizes of your choice. Place in an ovenproof dish, drizzle liberally with olive oil, sprinkle with fresh thyme and bake at 180 degrees C for about 30 minutes. Leave aside to cool down completely.
  2. Arrange some salad leaves of your choice onto a plate. Add the cold courgette mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with crumbled feta, dry roasted pine nuts and serve with a balsamic vinaigrette.
  3. Serve with grilled chicken.

Serves 4 people

Pinch of salt:

  • Add chopped spring onions to the salad.
  • Add a handful of chopped mint to the salad and omit the thyme.
  • Replace the courgettes with asparagus.
  • Add some cooked sliced chicken for a complete meal.

Cucumber salad

When the summer days are hot as they are here in late august and we are getting a bit tired of tomatoes, we look around for something different. cucumbers are still in season, so why not alittle salad or salsa if you will.

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Some people have problems with digesting cucumber. To fascilitate the digestion, I peel it and remove the seeds. In this case, I leave the peel of one half on simply for the touch of green in the salad, but the whole cucumber can be peeled.

cucumber salad

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As you can see, it is very easy and very quick, perfect for those days where time and energy are lmited.

Cucumber salad recipe

Pincée de fleur de sel:

  • Peel the whole cucumber for better disgestion.
  • Add chopped chives along with the spring onion and chives for a touch of green.
  • Add a tsp of mild mustard to the vinaigrette for a more pungent salad.

Enjoy!

Sunflowers for the home

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à bientôt!

Ronell

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