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.

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Lovely creamy lentil-sweetcorn-mango salad

Part of the credit of this salad being so surprisingly yummy goes to the super soft sweet juicy mango and its donator. Heaven.

Mix some

• cooked brown lentils and
• sweetcorn

equal parts.

pour over dressing made from

• a shallot
• sambal oelek
• lemon juice
• brown sugar
• soy sauce
• olive oil
• cold press sesame oil
• some chopped peperoni

Then add chopped

• avocado
• mango and
• coriander

Smokey Marinated Mushrooms and Celery

We had some

• jarred marinated mushrooms

and threw in some

• smoked tofu

to marinate with them over the weekend.

• 2-3 celery sticks, chopped

• chickpeas would have been nice, but we only had brown lentils
• some yellow tomatoes

Dressing

• 1 small shallot, finely chopped
• mushroom marinade
• lemon juice
• some soy
• some smoked salt
• pepper
• some chopped peperoni
• a few drops of toasted sesame oil

Asparagus, Celery and Avocado Salad with Oranges

A lovely, creamy, very special salad.

You will need some

• cooked or jarred white asparagus (green is also fine)
• 3 celery sticks
• 1 avocado
• 2 oranges, cut into filets, juice saves to go in the dressing

• juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1/2 shallot, finely chopped
• bitter orange marmalade
• salt, pepper, a little sugar
• cream

Mango & Radish Salad with Tomatoes

• mango
• radishes
• red pepper
• tomatoes
• fresh coriander

• half a shallot, finely chopped
• juice of half a lemon
• some brown sugar
• mango chutney
• red chilis
• a little twist of soy sauce
• some dry vegi broth
• olive oil

Baby Spinach with Mango & Avocado

• baby spinach
• avocado
• mango
• spring onion

• orange juice
• lemon juice
• some sesame oil
• chili
• olive oil
• orange marmalade
• some soy sauce
• salt, a pinch of smoked salt if available

• some sesame and nuts for topping, if you like 

Green Salad with Apricots, Olives and Cheddar Crumbs

• lettuce
• some dried apricots
• 1 avocado
• black olives, chopped
• crumbed vintage cheddar

 

• lemon juice
• walnut oil (maybe adding a little olive)
• orange jam, sweet
• salt, pepper
• mustard

Beetroot and Potato Salad

For this beauty, you will need:

• boiled potatoes
• cooked beetroot
• some pickled gurken
• half a red or pointed pepper
• half a tomato or so
• some parsley
• half an apple would also be nice

Dressing goes like this:

• lemon juice
• onion
• a little bit of olive oil
• sugar, salt
• mustard
• yoghurt

Orange and Tomato Salad with Olives

• filets of 2 oranges - one blood, one plain, if you want to make this extra fancy
• a nice mix of red and yellow cherry tomatoes
• black olives, chopped into slices

 You can have the olives soak in the dressing for a while actually:

• lemon juice
• sweet orange marmalade (lots)
• some juice of the chopped oranges
• some parsley
• shallot, chopped
• pepper, salt
• olive oil, or some walnut oil will also be nice
• a bit of ginger juice, if you like it.