28/06/2021
-[Summer salad]-
Just the kind of plate that makes me happy on hot Sommer days like today 🌞🏝
To make 2 filling portions:
1 pack washed mixed baby leaves
1 bunch green asparagus
1 handful blueberries
1 pack halloumi cheese cut into squares
Some old bread cut into cubes for the croutons ( I like sourdough bread for croutons, I really like the taste when toasted 🥰🍞)
1 small handful pumpkin seeds
Some fresh dill
Optional: Few gr***de seeds
For the lemon-pumpkin seed vinaigrette:
zest and juice of 1 bio lemon
1 teespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon pumpkin seed oil
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt/pepper
optional: 1 teaspoon honey if you like it sweet 😛
Cut the end of the asparagus if they look hard, then cut them in halves. In a hot pan with 1 tbsp olive oil, put the asparagus pieces until colored. Set aside to cool on a plate.
In a Bowl put the Bread cubes with 1 tbsp olive oil, some chopped fresh Rosmarin ( dried works too ), salt and pepper, mix.
In the same hot pan add a drizzle olive oil, toast the cubes until lightly colored. Set aside.
Still in the same pan, grill the halloumi cubes.
Prepare the dressing using the same bowl as for the croutons: first the mustard, zest, salt, pepper, then lemon juice, mix all together with a whisk , add slowly both oils always whisking to combine.
In the Bowl, add the salad, cooled asparagus, blueberries, chopped dill, mix to combine with the dressing.
Serve in both plates, top with pumpkin seed and gr***de seeds and halloumi croutons on top last moment.
Nice twist:
instead of the halloumi you can use fresh goat cheese. It goes so well with everything. Before I had to skip sweeteners I would marinate some fresh goat cheese with some honey, fresh grounded pepper and Thymian leaves 🤤.