SUMMER
Colorful, sweet fruits and vegetables and herbs are in abundance this season.
Apricot
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cherries
Melon
Peaches
Plums
Strawberries
Arugula
Corn
Cucumber
Peas
Peppers
Radishes
Tomatoes
Zucchini
Summer Salad With Feta, Peach And Avocado
300 grams bulgur wheat. ( replace with quinoa for gluten-free option)
1 red chilli (large, stalk removed)
100 grams spinach leaves (3½oz)
4 spring onions (trimmed)
31 grams fresh coriander (pack)
5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 lime (juiced, plus wedges to serve)
2 red peppers (deseeded and sliced)
2 peaches (sliced into thin wedges)
1 avocado (ripe, peeled and cut into chunks)
100 grams feta cheese (3½oz, crumbled)
Put the bulgur wheat into a sieve and rinse under cold water. Tip into a large pan and pour over a kettle-full of boiling water. Place over a high heat and simmer for 20 minutes, until tender. Drain, then rinse with cold water and drain well again. Set aside.
Put the chilli, spinach, spring onions, coriander stalks and three-quarters of the leaves into a food processor, with half the olive oil and half the lime juice. Blitz to a paste, then stir into the bulgar wheat. Spoon onto a platter.
Preheat a griddle pan over a high heat. Griddle the pepper and peach slices for about 5 minutes, until lightly charred. Scatter them over the bulgar wheat.
Add the avocado chunks to the salad along with the remaining lime juice and feta. Drizzle with olive oil, scatter over the remaining coriander leaves and serve with lime wedges.