
Lunch; grapefruit, rocket, walnuts and feta salad, dressed with an orange mustard vinaigrette. Image: Su Leslie, 2018
The garden is a bit empty at this time of year. The citrus has almost all been picked and the vege patch is yielding mainly herbs. I did find some rocket though, and cobbled together a lunchtime salad — grapefruit, rocket, a few toasted walnuts and some crumbled feta. The vinaigrette was leftover from another dish, and contains juice from a couple of our not-very-sweet oranges.
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That looks so good!
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Thank you. 🙏 it was tasty, and very quick and simple to make. Pretty much what I look for in a dish 😀
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Those are pretty awesome features 🙂
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Looks yummy Su.
Leslie
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The walnuts and feta add a nice touch. Yum!
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Salty and crunchy — every salad needs that.
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It’s amazing what can be created even if the cupboard and the garden seem bare!
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That’s true. And a few good ingredients are so much more satisfying to work with than a whole pile of things.
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Beautiful! Lovely looking salad Su. I love the colour tones in this shoot.
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Thank you 🙏
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Looks delicious!
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Thanks Sue
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That looks so healthy, nicely photographed to catch the colour combination
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Thanks Pauline 😀
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Yummy! I have never thought of using grapefruit in a salad.
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I’m a convert!! It’s particularly good with rocket or kale 😀
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Absolutely tempting,good for you.and easy to prepare.Enjoy it as much as I enjoyed your photos and your presentation,dear Su 🙂 xxx
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Thank you Doda. I confess it took me longer to arrange it on the plate and photograph it than to,
eat it. 😀 xxxx
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No wonder,it was creatively arranged,a real visual delight;you love it before testing it 🙂 xxx
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😀 xxxxx
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Looks and sounds delicious, Su.
janet
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Thanks Janet: I was happy with it.
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Arugula is one of the best treats. Had some today in layers in my salad. All from a mid-summer garden, including mint tea.
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I love mint tea, but haven’t grown mint for years. We used to have it in a shady patch by the (slightly leaky) water tank, which was perfect. That went in the renovation , and I haven’t found another good spot. 😀
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Made my mouth water!
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Beautiful and delicious looking in one salad! Perfect! Just had some tortellini but wouldn’t say no to this right now – I always leave some space for something tasty.😉 xxxxxx
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Tortellini sounds good; what was inside?
It does seem to have been a good food week. I searched for some recipes with yuzu and got a whole lot of really interesting new ideas. The next thing I plan to try is scorched cauliflower with butter, soy and yuzu. I have absolutely no idea how that will taste. xxxxxx 😀
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Pesto and pine nuts – very yummy! 😉
Mmh, I love cauliflower! And there are so many ways to prepare it too. Hope you´ll make lots of pics to share! xxxxxxx
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Oh that sounds so delicious. The Big T is the family pasta-maker, and he loves pesto and pine nuts so perhaps I can persuade hi to cook for me now he’s home again 😀 xxxxxxxx
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Oh, yes! Do persuade him! I love making my own pasta but it´s always a special treat. I think I fell in love with it when I watched Jamie Oliver making pasta oh-so-many-years ago in one of his shows. Would love to learn all the tricks from an Italian grandmother – they know them all. 😉 xxxxxxxx
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That’s exactly where T discovered pasta-making!!! He was a Jamie Oliver fan and was really impressed by how easy (though definitely time-consuming) it looked. He hasn’t made any for ages — despite my leaving lots of recipes lying around. I really am too subtle for my own good.
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How cool is that?! I bet Jamie Oliver infected countless people with the pasta-making bug. 😉
And you´re definitely too subtle for your won good! LOL! Try dropping all the ingredients around him and gently shove him in front of the pasta-maker, that should do the trick. 😉 xxxxx
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I wonder if he had / has his own range of pasta machines? Hehe. xxxxx
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I think he does! Like some people collect electric guitars and stuff. 😉 xxxxxx
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Or motorbikes? Not thinking of anyone (whose name starts with T) in particular 🙂
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😉
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I don’t know whatcha I like more; the photos or how delicious your lunch looks and sounds! 😀
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Thank you 🙏
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Looks yummy, but… what is rocket?
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I think it’s called arugula on your side of the pond 😀
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