Mim's Broccoli Salad

Another Vegetable dish from Aunty Mim:

Break fresh uncooked broccoli into fairly small pieces.
ADD: 1 cup grated cheese
1 cup sunflower seeds (lightly roasted)
1 pkt. (250g) bacon (chopped and crisply fried)
a few spring onions (chopped small)

For dressing mix: 3 Tbls grape vinegar
1 cup mayonnaise
¼ cup sugar
Pour the dressing over the salad and chill.

Ed's Salad

I could not have a recipe book without the famous Green Salad:

Anything Green in the Fridge
&
1 Apple

Mike's Double Up Salad

Spectacular salad for those who like to eat raw meat:

This salad has a basic base of ingredients and then you have the option of fruiting it up or meating it up. Although this may seem very similar to a famous Jamie recipe, the subtle difference is the amount of wine I drink whilst making it.

Ingredients – Serves 4:

The Base Ingredients
Bag of Rocket from Tescos (enough to cover each plate you are serving it on).
Red Chili
Buffalo Mozzarella - One ball
Olive Oil
One Half Lemon

Option One
Tin of Peaches (in juice not syrup)
4 slices of Parma Ham

Option Two
Joint of Beef (the perfect size is one you can fit your two hands around if you are making a circle with your thumbs and forefingers)
Pepper (Black and Red if you can get it)


Preparation:

Lay the rocket out on the base of a large silver-serving tray. Deseed the chilies and cut into very thin slivers. Sprinkle over the rocket.

Rip the mozzarella up into small bits and sprinkle them over the rocket as well.

Option One

Drain the tin of peaches, drink the juice, and spread the peaches over the salad. Cut long strips of Parma ham and delicately place over the salad as well. Drizzle over the olive oil and squeeze half a lemon on top.

Option Two

Take the beef joint and roll it in a tray of black and red pepper. Get a frying pan (ideally a griddle) very very hot and pour a thin layer of olive oil in. Place the joint in the pan and leave till the side is well done. Then turn until all the sides are well done. Take the pan of the heat and leave to rest for 5-10 minutes.

Cut the very rare beef into very thin slices and place over the salad. Drizzle over the olive oil and squeeze half a lemon on top.

Saskia's Italian Chicken Salad

I am finding so many recipes that I must try:

50ml olive oil
salt/pepper
8 chicken breasts

Oven 240 degrees-on grill. Put oil, salt, pepper in bowl and cover fillets. Grill for 4 minutes-turn and grill for 4 minutes. Cool and cut in strips.

Marinade

25grms sun dried tomatoes
325ml olive oil
90ml vinegar
30ml lemon juice
75ml pine nuts (sunflower seed)
75mil raisins
12 black olives
3 bay leaves
salt/pepper

Put tomatoes in hot water for 10 minutes and cut. Mix everything – over chicken for 24 hours

Mim's Yummy Potato Salad

This is a great potato salad, unfortunately I do not get to make it much as Mike has a mayonnaise phobia, as well as a chutney dislike.

500 gm Potatoes
2 Onions chopped
250gm Bacon chopped
15ml Oil
10ml mixed Herbs
5ml Garlic salt
100ml Fruit Chutney
100ml Mayonnaise
chopped parsley

Boil potatoes until cooked, but still firm
Peel and cube
Fry onions and bacon in oil and add to
Potatoes
Add remaining ingredients and mix well
Sprinkle with chopped parsley
(Can be served hot or cold).

Bean Salad

It makes sense for my first recipe post to be what I made this evening.

Can Butter Beans
Can Kidney Beans
1/2 Onion (sliced)
Few Mushrooms
Heaped tsp of tomato paste
Olive Oil
Peri Peri Powder (or chilli powder)
Garlic Salt

I fried the onions and mushrooms in olive oil, adding the peri peri powder and garlic salt whilst cooking. When semi-fried I added a heaped teaspoon of tomato paste & after about 30secs removed from the heat. Meanwhile I had drained the beans and transferred them to a bowl. I added some more olive oil into the saucepan with the onions as the beans need to be coated in oil (not too much) then poured the onion mixture over the beans. Mix together and then ready.

Tonight we had chicken wrapped in a piece of streaky bacon on top of our beans that were sitting on some sliced tomatoes. Perfect to serve with a nice green salad whilst starting to watch the 5th series of 24.