Super Salads

I have gotten really into salads for my lunch since the weather has become a bit warmer!

Also I am hoping to loose at least a stone over the next few months so I have been trying really hard to have healthy, vegetable packed lunches.  This means I have been scouring the net for some scrumptious salad inspiration.


These are my 2 favourite salads I have made lately...

Quinoa and Chickpeas cooked in homemade Harissa with mixed leaves and Houmous :)

Spinach and Strawberry (I have been wanting to try these for ages, so shouldn't have waited, it was amazing!)

Here are some other salads I've seen that I really want to make...

Baked Paella Salad

Balsamic Grilled Summer Vegetable with Basil Quinoa Salad

Warm Cauliflower Salad

Sushi Salad

Breakfast Salad

If any of you have some super salad recipes I would love to hear them :)

Meat Free Monday:Beetroot Quarter Pounders and Garlic Curry Fries

This week's Meat Free Monday recipe is one I have been meaning to make for weeks.
The recipe comes from The Post Punk Kitchen website.

Such a fantastic colour!

See the recipe here!

The Garlic Curry Fries are to die for :)

Veggie Burger Friday:Sun Dried Tomato and Pesto Burgers

This is my second Veggie Burger Friday post and this week's recipe from Joni Marie Newman "The Best Veggie Burgers on the Planet" is Sun Dried Tomato and Pesto Burgers!

First of all I made my own vegan pesto as the shop bought one I currently have tastes of liquorice, bleurrrgg!

Into my pesto went...

• Baby spinach leaves
• Pine nuts
• Garlic
• Olive oil
• Parmazano (dairy free Parmesan substitute)
• Black pepper 

I think I got the ratio between rice and all other ingredients completely wrong.  As a result the burgers were quite dry but tasty none the less.  Next time I will measure my ingredients properly!

Sunbathing Cat

Veggie Burger Friday:Jalapeno Cornbread Burgers

Of late I have been trying to cook a new recipe from Joni Marie Newman "The Best Veggie Burgers on the Planet" every Friday, thus, Veggie Burger Friday!

I got this book for Christmas and have been in love with it ever since!

This week's recipe was Jalapeno Cornbread Burger's and they were fiery but oh so tasty!

If your a veggie and you don't already have this book I recommend you get it now!

Meat Free Monday:Moroccan Puy Lentil Salad

This week's Meat Free Monday dish, is one from "Something for the Weekend"

Some really interesting flavours in this but due to it being cold OH and I both agreed it would be better as a lunch dish as apposed to dinner.  We are big on our main meal of the day being in the evening!

Meat Free Monday:Chickpea and Lentil Taco Salad

This week's Meat Free Monday dish was inspired by VegHotPot's recipe "Chickpea, Lentil and Feta Taco Salad"

I omitted the feta cheese to make them vegan!

This recipe was fantastic, unlike anything I had made before.  It required no cooking (apart from the lentils, but that can always be done ahead or bough pre-cooked in tins) so was really quick (great for a Monday night when I've been at work).

The flavours were so fresh, no feeling bloated afterwards.  Great for summer, big thumbs up :)