Hawaiian Tuna

August 11th 2010

 Hawaiian Tuna

BBQ Grilled Tuna Steak (with Hawaiian spice rub)

Red Pepper

Sweetcorn

Grilled Courgette (Zucchini)

Shredded Carrot

Lettuce

Jalapeno-Lime-Honey Dressing

Our good friend Kim gave us a delicious Hawaiian spice mix with all sorts of goodies in it including Hawaiian sea salt, coffee and herbs. This rub went wonderfully with the grilled tuna and grilled courgette, which made this salad a tasty mix of grilled goodies!

Salade Niçoise

August 10th 2010

Salade Niçoise

BBQ Grilled Tuna Steak

Soft Boiled Eggs

Olives

French Beans

Red Potatoes

Capers

Cherry Tomatoes

Lettuce

French Vinaigrette

Juicy medium-rare grilled tuna steak and all these extra yummy ingredients make the classic Salade Niçoise impossible to resist. The dressing is a basic French vinaigrette: dijon mustard, red wine vinegar, olive oil, and a dash of salt.

Traditional Greek

August 9th 2010

Traditional Greek

Cherry Tomatoes

Cucumber

Olives

Feta

Olive Oil

Lettuce

Sometimes a simple traditional salad is all that is needed and a Greek salad satisfies that need easily. The feta cheese and olives make this enough of a treat, while the salad as a whole remains quick simple and very healthy.

Simple but delicious!

Coconut Cabbage

August 8th 2010

 Coconut Cabbage

Cabbage

Carrot

Chicken

Green Onions

Sesame Seeds

Coconut Dressing

  Cabbage salads are one of our favorite ways to make a very filling salad. This salad has a nice Asian hint to it with the delicious coconut dressing. The coconut dressing recipe comes from a Lynne Rosetto Kasper recipe for a Thai Cabbage Salad. This version is a little denser and richer than a typical Thai style.

Simply Peanut

August 6th 2010

Simply Peanut

French Beans

Cucumber

Red Pepper

Cherry Tomatoes

Mushroom

Green Onions

Sesame Seeds

 Red Lettuce

Peanut Dressing

To highlight our favorite delicious peanut dressing, we served it atop a simple veggie salad, with the addition of a sprinkling of sesame seeds to spice things up. We were so excited that we started devouring the salad before taking pictures - so you get a rare view of a half-eaten salad today!

Strawberry Steak

August 5th 2010

Strawberry Steak

BBQ Grilled Filet Mignon

French Beans

Strawberries

Green Onions

Cucumber

Feta

Lettuce

Balsamic Vinaigrette

A powerful combination of luxuries! Delicious medium-rare filet mignon with sweet fresh strawberries. The french beans were again home grown and blanched, fresh and crispy. The salty feta offsets the sweetness of the strawberries. The ingredients were so rich that a simple balsamic was all that was needed to finish off this decadent treat.

Tell me you're not tempted!

Asian Bacon

August 1st 2010

Asian Bacon

Turkey Bacon

French Beans

Cucumber

Olives

Lettuce

Peanut Dressing

This simple salad was transformed by the wonderful peanut dressing, which you will no doubt see featured in many upcoming salads. The recipe comes from our favourite source of inspiration (101cookbooks). This was another of our salads we were proud to feature our home grown french beans, which are so delicious and easy to prepare, with just 3 minutes in boiling water and the same amount of time in iced water.

The peanut dressing is too powerful to resist!

Filet Mignon

July 31st 2010

 Filet Mignon

BBQ Grilled Filet Mignon

French Beans

Avocado

Olives

Lettuce

Cherry Tomatoes

Balsamic Vinaigrette

Oh the decadence!! We grilled this awesomely succulent Filet Mignon just slightly on the medium side of rare, to make what was for us at least a rare treat! (cringe). Accompanied by our home grown cherry tomatoes and blanched french green beans, this salad was dressed with a simple but snazzy balsamic vinaigrette (olive oil, balsamic vinegar, dijon mustard and a touch of salt and pepper).

Cobb with a twist

July 29th 2010

Cobb with a Twist

Soft-boiled Egg

Turkey Bacon

Mushroom

Olives

Tomato

Avocado

Feta Cheese

Lettuce

Balsamic Vinaigrette

Who says a salad can't be decadent? Not us, that's for sure. We decided to throw in too many goodies to name, except of course that we did just name them. There's not an ingredient in this list that wouldn't be yummy on its own, but altogether they make something truly magical! This was essentially based on Cobb framework, but with our own special twists, like Feta instead of blue cheese.

Scallop and Pepper

July 28th 2010

Scallop and Pepper

Sautéed Bay Scallops

Sautéed Onions

Sautéed Red Bell Peppers

Sautéed Shrimp

Cucumber

Lettuce

Jalapeño-Lime-Honey Dressing

After a trip to the local seafood shop we decided to create a light but spicy salad featuring various sautéed delights. We topped it with some of the leftover Jalapeño-Lime-Honey dressing from two night earlier.

Greek-inspired Tuna

July 27th 2010

Greek-inspired Tuna

 Tinned Tuna

Black Olives

Red Onion

Cucumber

Cherry Tomatoes

Feta Cheese

Lettuce

Jalapeño-Lime-Honey Dressing

We used home-grown red onion and cherry tomatoes in this Greek-inspired salad. The jalapeño-lime-honey dressing recipe came from one of our favourite sources of cooking inspiration, 101cookbooks.com.

Shrimp and Onion

July 26th 2010

 Shrimp and Onion 

Grilled Shrimp

Sautéed Onions

Red Peppers

Cucumber

Lettuce

Balsamic Vinaigrette 

This is the first in a series of blog posts featuring our nightly dinner salads and our attempts at providing an infinite number of variation to this simple and satisfying meal. On this night we picked up some fresh shrimp from the local seafood store and decided to showcase these tasty morsels in this simple but tasty salad.