Summer Salads

in food •  7 years ago 

After spending a whole weekend playing lawn bowls in blazing sun and hectic heat the last thing I felt like was standing in the kitchen preparing food. So salads to the rescue. Two simple salads which I was going to use to accompany some pan fried prawns done in lime and coriander with a hint of peri peri, but we decided that the salads were sufficient as it was just @fempower and myself for dinner


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Mango, Cucumber and Tomato salad

For the dressing I used two tablespoons sesame oil, one clove garlic minced and 1 cm fresh ginger finely grated in a bowl to which I added the juice of three small limes.

The body of the salad is two medium tomatos, half an english cucmber (peeled) and one ripe fresh mango. Each of these were chopped into roughly one centimetre pieces.

Chop a whole green chilli into fine pieces and add to the dressing then toss the ingredients gently to coat and add fresh mint and fresh coriander leaves, season with freshly ground black pepper and salt to taste.

Alas, with the drought our mint plant only had about twelve leaves so I only added four chopped leaves


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Baby Spinach, Beetroot and Brie Salad

This very simple salad is delicious. Break baby spinach leaves into bite sized pieces and place in a salad bowl.

Peel and grate or slice thinly a fresh beetroot, slice a sweet red pepper into thin strips, and take a Brie cheese and slice into thin slices.

Drizzle the spinach leaves with olive oil, grind some himalayan salt fairly generously over the leaves. Layer all the other ingredients on top of the spinach and chill in fridge.

Crushed roasted peanuts sprinkled over the mango salad just before serving works very well, as does roast pumpkin seeds with the Baby Spinach salad. If the weather is hot where you are .... try these they work a treat


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Themagus, I am not going to eat the Brie salad, it's not suitable to the Brie or the vegetables to my mind. I am resteeming your post in the hope it supports those who are interested in your post.

food is very good for our health, good work @ themagus good luck always

It looks refreshing and delicious. These bright colors awaken the appetite. In hot weather, I usually can't eat anything but salads. It's a really great snack. And besides, there are a lot of natural vitamins.

It was delicious but I think I put a little too much garlic ....It also missed a lot more mint and coriander...

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Happy cooking and good luck @themagus

Yummy ...looks very delicious friend, always a friend👍👍👍

Mango, Cucumber and Tomato mixed definitely give a flavor that is difficult to be separated from the tongue, but also contains vitamins needed by the body.
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Good jop friend

Woo .. Food is delicious friend, must be very tasty

it looks like a very healthy salad, give me one for my friend @themagus. great post, thanks

the food is very luxurious friend must have every life has its own beauty, good luck always my friend @themagus.

makanan enak banyak orang suka

Terima kasih telah berkunjung ....

looks very good friend.

This is very tasty and refreshing let alone eaten in very hot weather, it is very nutritious and healthy and rich in fiber and does not contain saturated fat, I really like to eat salad, this is really my favorite food, thanks for posting this, make the stomach I'm hungry😗. Success always for you my friend @themagus 😊

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Looks like this is a very good food and is perfect for areas that are experiencing hot weather like here. Thank you for sharing the @themagus salad recipe. Good luck always for you my friend.

Thank you for reading and thank you for your continued support !!

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Yumyyy salad and so colorfl.
Mango tomato and cucumber combination is so unique.. Whats about it taste..? I try to imagine but i failled..these thre are so yummy separately but dont know about combined taste

The mint, ginger and chilli with the lime balances the tastes very well.