Summer Tomato and Herb Salad
[…] of summer’s pleasures and came home to get ready. Obviously, in all my excitement of tomatoes and berries, I did not check the charcoal/brickette supply. So after prepping the salads, […]
[…] of summer’s pleasures and came home to get ready. Obviously, in all my excitement of tomatoes and berries, I did not check the charcoal/brickette supply. So after prepping the salads, […]
As we finally find ourselves drifting into the warmer months when tomatoes are at their peak addictive sweetness and cherries are falling off the trees, here’s a little inspiration to […]
Oven roasted tomatoes are a flavour bomb of deeply condensed intense sweetness and the secret ingredient in many of my summer grain dishes and salads. They take moments to prep, […]
[…] a smoother sauce, chop the vegetables and chillies finely and use passata instead of chopped tomatoes. This is often served with a drizzle of tahini sauce and the dream duo […]
[…] 125ml olive oil, divided 1/2 loaf day old sourdough 750g (approx) mixture heirloom or cherry tomatoes (the more colourful the better) 4 Lebanese / Persian cucumbers 8-10 radish 100g pickled […]
[…] the basket for a little extra sweetness and threw in a couple of tins of tomatoes to hopefully make it more palatable for the lentil soup haters here. I […]
[…] 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and chopped into bitesize pieces 1 400g tin of whole tomatoes with no juice / freshet tomatoes cut into pieces rind from old piece of […]
[…] with good salted butter is always the best accompaniment in my opinion. A few sliced tomatoes on the side adds a fresh zing, but really only if you feel the […]
[…] the original recipe). I especially love this version as it minimises all faff. No peeling tomatoes, chopping onions or numerous ingredients. David is right. A good avocado really needs nothing […]
[…] a buttermilk herb dressing making this a killer summer salad. Delicious alongside the sweetness of tomatoes and bbq’d fish or on its own for lunch with a healthy slice of […]
[…] broccolini for added flavour Make an instant pasta sauce by warming through some halved cherry tomatoes and torn basil with a few confit garlic cloves and top with parmesan. Add […]
[…] platform for expression in both design and flavour. Feel free to add different herbs, chopped tomatoes, a drizzle of pomegranate molasses, some toasted seeds or grated hard boiled egg. The […]
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This was initially created for my Salmon Caesar(ish) salad, but I feel that it deserves its own stand alone recipe here as I use it prolifically.