runner beans
allotment salad
Sunday 30 August 2009
ingredients
200g new potatoes
2 eggs, boiled
150g runner beans, stringed and sliced
40g radishes, trimmed and sliced
1 robust lettuce (little gem or webb's)
salad cream
method
cook the potatoes until tender, drain
cook the runner beans for 6 minutes or so (they can also be steamed above the potates)
half the eggs
break the lettuce into leaves
toss all of the vegetables together and serve with the salad cream on the side
200g new potatoes
2 eggs, boiled
150g runner beans, stringed and sliced
40g radishes, trimmed and sliced
1 robust lettuce (little gem or webb's)
salad cream
method
cook the potatoes until tender, drain
cook the runner beans for 6 minutes or so (they can also be steamed above the potates)
half the eggs
break the lettuce into leaves
toss all of the vegetables together and serve with the salad cream on the side
english garden salad
Monday 03 August 2009
This is another salad where you can (mostly) just grab ripe stuff from the garden.
Ingredients
new potatoes, halved and cooked for about 8 minutes
sliced runner beans (cook on a steamer over the potatoes)
feta cheese, cubed
sliced sun-dried tomatoes
chopped mint
honey salad dressing
method
mix the ingredients together and serve
notes
Avoid the stringy, older runner beans.
warm potato and salmon salad with pesto
Thursday 23 July 2009
ingredients
650g new potatoes, halved lengthways if large
2 tablespoons pesto
4 tablespoons olive oil
8 cherry tomatoes
175g can salmon
200g sliced green beans or runner beans
couple of handfuls of spinach, baby or torn up
method
put the potates in a pan of boiling water and simmer until tender (8 - 10 minutes). I steam the green beans over the potatoes.
mix the pesto and olive oil to form a dressing
halve the tomatoes and mix with the drained and flaked salmon
drain the potatoes and green beans and tip into a salad bowl with the spinach (give it a stir)
scatter the tomato and salmon mixture over the top
season with salt and pepper
drizzle the pesto and oil mix over the top and gently toss everything together
notes
Lovely. Especially when made with vegetables fresh from the garden
650g new potatoes, halved lengthways if large
2 tablespoons pesto
4 tablespoons olive oil
8 cherry tomatoes
175g can salmon
200g sliced green beans or runner beans
couple of handfuls of spinach, baby or torn up
method
put the potates in a pan of boiling water and simmer until tender (8 - 10 minutes). I steam the green beans over the potatoes.
mix the pesto and olive oil to form a dressing
halve the tomatoes and mix with the drained and flaked salmon
drain the potatoes and green beans and tip into a salad bowl with the spinach (give it a stir)
scatter the tomato and salmon mixture over the top
season with salt and pepper
drizzle the pesto and oil mix over the top and gently toss everything together
notes
Lovely. Especially when made with vegetables fresh from the garden