Lunch salads

Recently I descided to challenge myself and eat more healthy for lunch. What this comes down to is lots of salads! I would like to share to tasty simple salad recipes here.

Each recipe makes a tasty one person lunch or a great side dish or starter with dinner.

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Eggy salad (1 serving)

  • 2 soft boiled eggs in wedges
  • 1 spring onion
  • 1 handfull of chopped flat leaf parsley
  • 1 tomato in cubes
  • Simple honey mustard dressing

Simple honey mustard dressing

  • 1 tbsp of dyon mustard
  • 1 tbsp of honey
  • 1 tbsp of mayo (find a recipe for making your own here)

Combine the dressing ingredients in a jam jar and shake.

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Fig and blue cheese salad (1 serving)

  • 2 handfuls of your favorite salad leaves
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 1 handful of fried bacon cubes
  • 1 handfil of chopped nuts (I used almonds here but walnuts or pecans would be perfect!)
  • 2 fresh figs in wedges
  • 1 hanful of crumbly blue cheese
  • Drizzle with olive oil and a good balsamic vinegar
  • Sprinkle with sea salt and freshly crushed black pepper

Read more about salads here.

 

Flower salad

For a beautiful salad follow these 3 steps.

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Summer salad

1. Mix the following ingredients in quantities suited to your taste buds.

  • Butter lettuce – ripped into bite size pieces
  • Lamb’s lettuce
  • Spring onions
  • Mixed colors tomatoes in chunks
  • Blue cheese in cubes

2. Dress with olive oil and fresh lemon juice

3. Garnish with freshly picked viola’s.

Be careful to use viola’s from plants you grew yourself, or make sure that you know how the plants were cultivated. Growers may use pesticides or fertilizers not fit for human consumption.

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Read more about edible flowers here.