Harissa explosion salad

What I really love about this salad is that each mouthful is an adventure in texture, conducted while taste buds are thoroughly stimulated.

You need:

·         One pickled red pepper, diced

·         As many jarred mushrooms as you can handle (the ones in oil)

·         A sprinkling of toasted sunflower seeds, then some more

·         Two handfuls of lettuce, finely shredded

For the dressing:

·         An almost empty jar of harissa – about a teaspoon left

·         Olive oil to fill the jar (about a tablespoon and a half)

·         A dash of vinegar (about a dessert spoon and a half)

Serve with:

·         Cous cous bake

·         Hardy bread

Ok, so here’s what you do – spread the lettuce over a plate and add mushrooms, pepper, and most of the seeds. Add the liquids to the harissa and shake up. Pour some dressing on it and mix it up well. Sprinkle the remaining seeds over the salad, serve with cous cous bake and bread and enjoy!

~Gwen

Apple, walnut and celery salad

This is YUMMY SCRUMMY. If you like lettuce, apple, celery, walnuts and lemon juice. Those are the ingredients, you see.

If it had mayonnaise then it would probably be called a Waldorf salad, but I find that mayonnaise clogs things up and lemon juice is much.... zestier.

So throw it all together and enjoy.

I had mine with Dara's fresh brown bread, a huge dollop of cottage cheese, and a large dollop of hummus. YUMMY SCRMMY indeed.

There's no oil on it and the lemon will stop the apple oxidising, so it should keep until lunchtime if made in the morning. Remember: SAFCSN (Stay Away From Chains Selling Non-food.)