It feels like summer suddenly!!! Wow what a feeling a little sunshine and warmth can give.
Here is a simple summer salad to boost that feeling. The black beans can of course be interchanged with any other bean; chickpeas, lima beans, cannelloni what ever tickles your fancy. I would even venture to suggest replacing the beans with fresh summer peas if you can get your hands on some. The trout can also be replaced with smoked cod, salmon or mackerel.
Salad for 1:
2 tbsp beans of your choice
good handful of mixed salad leaves
3-4 cherry tomatoes
1 file of steamed trout
Herbal dressing:
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
3 large basil leaves (or 4 smaller)
4-6 leaves of flat leave parsley or 2 fresh oregano leaves
0,5 tbsp hemp seeds
salt & pepper
juice from 1/2 lemon or 1 tbsp white wine or apple cider vinegar
salt and pepper
- Use a hand held blender and mix all the dressing ingredients till combined.
- Place the salad and beans in a bowl large enough to allow you to mix it with the dressing.
- Crumble the fish into the salad.
- Halve the cherry tomatoes
- Pour over the dressing and mix
That's it. Simple summer food for lazy sunny summer days.
