Smoked salmon & Avocado with White Balsamic dressing.

Serves 2-4

250g fresh washed spinach

250g smoked salmon with dill
(plain or other flavours will do)
a ripe avocado (sliced thinly)

8-10 whole red cherry tomatoes

a medium red onion (thinly sliced)

Dressing

a good drizzle of WHITE balsamic vinegar + olive oil

pinch of salt

freshly crushed black pepper

Directions:

1. Toss all ingredients in a salad bowl and serve.
It is that simple.

Red cabbage & apple salad..

1/2 medium red cabbage(thinly sliced)

1 red apple(thinly sliced)

1 green apple(thinly sliced)

1 lemon

1 medium/small onion(thinly sliced)

a good pinch of fresh chervil(chopped)

a good drizzle of olive oil

salt + black pepper

Directions:

1. Toss all vegetables & fruits in a large salad bowl.

2. Squeeze the lemon and season salad, toss and serve.

::Mango salsa::

Ingredients:

1 ripe mango (flesh finely chopped)

1 small cucumber (finely chopped)

1 red chilli (finely chopped, seeds removed
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Direction:

Mix all ingredients well, set flavours set before serving...:)

Cherry tomato Caprese...

Cherry tomato caprese...

(Serves 2)

Ingredients:

1 packet buffalo mozzarella (shredded into small pieces)

5 yellow cheery tomatoes (sliced into halves)

5 red cherry tomatoes (sliced into halves)

Few fresh basil leaves (sliced thinly)

Olive oil

Black pepper

Salt

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients onto serving plate.

2. Top with basil, drizzle oil and season well and serve.

Pineapple lemon pickle salad...

Pineapple lemon pickle salad....


Ingredients:
1 small pineapple (skinned and cut into small cubes)
1 lemon ( for juice)
1 medium red onion (sliced)
2 bird eye chillies (sliced)
Coriander leaves
Salt


Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients into a bowl and mix well.

Cucumber lemon pickle salad

Cucumber lemon pickle salad...

Ingredients:
1/2 cucumber (cut in half lengthwise and slice thinly)
1 lemon (for juice)
2 bird eye chilies (sliced thinly)
1 red onion (sliced thinly)
1 stalk coriander leaf
Salt

Directions:

1. Throw all ingredients together. Squeeze lemon and season with salt.

Enjoy it along curries...

Summer spinach salad...

Summer fruit & spinach salad....

(Serves 2)

Ingredients:


100 grams baby spinach (washed and dried)
10-12 red seedless grapes (cut into halves)
1 orange (peeled)
6-8 baby yellow tomatoes (cut into halves)
20 grams pumkin seeds
Shaved parmesan


Dressing;
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Pinch of salt

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients into large salad bowl.
2. Peel orange slices over the salad so the juices will flow into the salad and act as a dressing.
3. Using your fingers peels each orange slice into three.
4. Drizzle sesame oil, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and the pinch of salt.
5. Toss the salad lightly and serve onto plate.
6. Top salad with the shaved parmesan.

Grilled squid & baby arugula salad....

Grilled squid and baby arugula salad...

Ingredients:

4 medium squids, (cleaned and cut lengthwise)

1 box of baby arugula (washed and drained)

1 box cheery tomatoes (cut into halves)

1 tablespoon maggi seasoning

1 teaspoon chili flakes

1 lemon (juice)

1 stalk coriander leaves(chopped)

Black pepper

Salt

Olive oil

Extra virgin olive oil

Direction:

1.Mix the maggi seasoning and chili flakes and pinch of salt together with the squids.

2. Marinate for 1/2 hour.

3. Heat up grill and lightly drizzle some olive oil.

4. Grill the squids till cooked.

5. Set squids aside to cool down.

6. Mix in the arugula,tomatoes,squids,coriander,extra virgin olive oil in a large salad bowl.

7. Season well and squeeze the lemon juice.

Serve as a great starter.... Or enjoy it on it's own.

Trio caprese salad

Trio caprese salad....

(Serves 2)


My favourite italian starter.... what more should i say..

Ingredients:
1 ripe avocado (remove seed and skin)
1 medium tomatoes (sliced thickly)
1 buffalo mozzarella cheese. (sliced thickly)
3 fresh basil leaves
Olive oil
Black pepper
Salt

Directions:
1. Arrange tomatoes, avocado and mozzarella to which ever style you please.
2. Top it with basil leaves.
3. Drizzle olive oil over the salad and season well.


I like it with some balsamic vinegar on the side.

Shrimp garden salad

Shrimp garden salad..

(Serve 8)

Ingredients:
1 packet pre boiled frozen shrimp
2 can kidney beans (drained)
1 can green peas (drained)
1/2 packet frozen sweet corn
2 stalks of celery (chopped)
1 packet cherry tomatoes (sliced into halves)
Bunch of fresh parsley (roughly chopped)
2 lemon (squeeze the juice)
Balsamic vinegar
Olive oil
Black pepper
Salt


Directions:
1. Boil pot of water to blanch the sweet corn first then shrimps.
2. Blanch ingredients for a 1-2 min and set aside drain well. Use the same water as the sweetness of the corn will be absorb into the shrimps, you also help save water too....
3. Throw in the all ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
4. Squeeze the juice of the lemon over salad.
5.Drizzle balsamic vinegar,olive oil and season well.


An amazing mixture of texture and taste.....