Insalata Trappanese - Spaghetti Salad Jamie Style

You will need some cold boiled spaghetti for this.

Some zucchini, cut into spaghetti shaped stripes
Cherry tomatoes
Lots of basil
Almonds, crushed
Raw sea salt
Parmesan, grated
Coarse black pepper
Olive oil

Lightly beat all the latter in a mortar, then mix with spagehtti.

If you can, roast the almonds.

If you leave out the zucchini, this can be made as a delicious pesto.

200 Years of Salad Blogging

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Cucumber Corn Salad with Humus Dressing

Water down some humus with
tahini
hot water
lemon juice
and a little bit of sesame oil, if you like

Cut cucumber into lengthy slices, remove watery middle part.
Cut corn from cob in the same shape.

Add dressing and coriander, last sprinkle some sesame.

Savoury Peach Salad

A peach is a peach is a peach. If it is good and soft and juicy, it just can't be beaten. For this recipe though, you could even go with the beatable kind.

You need:

peaches. stone out, then sliced.
radishes - red and white, radieschen. these pictures are deceiving.
sprinkle with some salt.

lime juice
soy sauce
olive oil
sambal oelek
ginger marmalade

Shake well, pour dressing over nicely arranged peaches and radishes (the latter should outnumber the former) and top with chives.

Disruptive tomato salad with canned peas and artichokes

I don't think I have ever had a tomato salad with yoghurt dressing. Have you?

Let's try this:
tomatoes
artichokes
peas
and thyme

a shallot for the dressing, have this sit in lemon juice, sugar and salt for a bit, before you add some olive oil, mustard and, finally, the yoghurt.

Mock ham and melon salad

honey dew/rock melon
smoked tofu
sundried tomatoes
coriander leaves

soy sauce
lemon juice
peanut oil
roasted sesame oil

I recently saw something in the forbidden section of my way-too-fancy supermarket that I am dying to try: smoked salt, or, most probably "smoked fleur du sel" that is, at least I hope so to justify the price. In case you happen to have, or happen to recently have been given for your 39th birthday, some smoked salt, please use it in this recipe and tell me what it's like.

Grilled mushroom and carrot salad

carrots - chopped and steamed in veggie broth until just tender, save some of the broth for dressing
marinated grilled mushrooms and some of their marinade
parsley
lemon juice
honey
oil from the mushroom jar or, otherwise, olive oil
pepper
some soy sauce to taste

Strawberries and Asparagus ...

... sold from giant strawberry market stalls, and you know it must be May.

Usually twins separated at birth, here's a strong plea that they CAN and MUST stay together!

rocket
white asparagus
strawberries, slices and sprinkled with sea salt and pepper

dress with lemon juice, olive oil and honey
not too little salt to balance out strawberries

some pine nuts for topping

Green bean and olive salad with yoghurt dressing

1 can of green beans
some black olives, roughly chopped
some herbs
spring onion
some pepperoni, chopped

a finely chopped shallot
cover with some lemon juice, salt, pepper, sugar
ideally, let sit for a bit
then olive oil
mustard
and yoghurt

mix, and again, ideally, let sit for a bit before serving.

Qt Tomato Salad with Grilled Tomato Sauce

little tomatoes, chopped
black olives
walnuts

That is the easy part.

For the sauce/dressing, chop up 4 little tomatoes and grill. Mash with fork. This is the base. Add some olive oil, salt, veggie broth, soy sauce, pepper, brown sugar, lemon juice and/or white balsamico.

shallot rings (not too few)
and some finely chopped parsley for topping

Slow Salad: Grilled eggplant and peppers with tahini yoghurt sauce

grill or bake some eggplant and red pepper - preferably in one piece, with some holes punched into the peel
chop into bite-size chunks once ready

dressing:
dissolve some tahini with boiling water.
add some lemon juice
salt
a bit of yoghurt
some sesame oil to taste, and even some seeds for crunch
pour over grilled veggies

top with chopped coriander leaves

Lessthantenminutes Light Spring Salad

lettuce(s) - wash, tear
spring onion
fresh parsley & other fresh garden herbs
some pepperonis - chop

a little lemon juice
some veggie broth
salt, pepper, some paprika
half olive, half walnut oil
something sweet - honey, sugar, marmalade - whatever you like and have.