Broad Bean and Tomato Salad

• broad beans
• tomatoes
• smoked tofu
• spring onion
• half a pear
• parsley

• some seasoned sunflower oil
• some soy sauce
• some sambal oelek
• a dash of roasted sesame oil
• smoked salt
• bitter orange marmalade

Snowed Under Colourful Garden Salad

It's not like we would've found any of these ingredients in the garden as yet, but "colourful greenhouse salad" just does not sound as appealing I suppose.

You need

• tender lettuce - any kind, really, apart from iceberg or bitter varieties
• half a cucumber, sliced
• half a red pepper
• 2 spring onion
• some fresh herbs, here: half parsley, half coriander

• half a shallot, very finely chopped, cover with
• lemon juice
• salt and brown sugar
• some pepper, then put
• a few drops of olive oil
• half a teaspoon of mustard
• cream
• yoghurt
• a pinch of nutmeg

Broad Bean Salad

Hello salad world, we're back! Did you miss us? A lot?

Spring seems just around the corner, but not quite ready yet. While we're waiting for that new range of veggies to appear on the shelves, here's some more winter magic:

• broad beans
• orange
• half a cucumber, seeds out
• some pickled onions
• some pistachios

• half a shallot
• chopped sundried tomatoes
• sweet orange jam
• olive oil
• some vegie broth
• a dash of smoked sesame oil
• pepper
• salt, smoked if available
• white balsamico

Lamb's Lettuce with Mushrooms and Mini-Kumatos

• lamb's/corn lettuce
• brown mushrooms, slices thinly
• baby kumatoes
• some sunflower seed or pistachios

• a shallot
• some lemon juice and we used some fancy cassis vinegar here
• honey
• some vegi broth
• salt, smoked if you have
• pepper
• a blend of toasted & and cold press sesame oils, and admittedly, some drops of olive (sometimes it's hard to stay minimalistic)
• some dried thyme

Chickpea and Thyme Salad

Start with the dressing. Chop

• 1 shallot

and pick leaves of

• a few twigs of fresh thyme
• juice of half an orange, half a lemon
• cold press sesame oil
• a little olive oil
• pepper
• some vegi broth
• a spoonful of tahini
• 2 finely chopped sundried tomatoes

Ideally, have this sit with

• 1 can of chickpeas
• black olives
• cherry tomatoes
• feta to taste

Sprinkle with pine nuts.

Here is some theory on tastes and in which foods they occur. An ideal meal combines them all, in a way. http://www.chopra.com/the-six-tastes