Category: Salad

Deli style potato salad

Deli style potato salad

One of my favourite accompaniments to a braai AKA BBQ is a creamy potato salad. While the traditional potato salad is delicious, I like to change things up a bit and this deli style potato salad does just that.

It is still creamy but has the added tang of capers and crunch of mild spring onions.

Let’s get cooking…

Start by boiling the potatoes in salted water until just tender.

While the potatoes are boiling, in a large bowl mix together all the remaining ingredients except the eggs.

When the potatoes are cooked, drain them well and allow to steam and cool down for 15 minutes. Once cooled slightly toss with the mayonnaise dressing and top with the boiled eggs.

Deli style potato salad
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Deli style potato salad

Servings

4

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

30

minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 large potatoes, diced and boiled until fork tender

  • 1 tblsp capers, chopped

  • 3 spring onions, finely chopped

  • ¼ bell pepper, finely diced

  • 4-6 tblsp mayonnaise

  • 2 tblsp plain greek yoghurt

  • 1 tsp dried dill, 1 tblsp fresh dill

  • 1 tsp dried parsley, 1 tblsp fresh parsley

  • 1 tsp paprika

  • ½ tsp Dijon mustard

  • Salt

  • Pepper

  • 2 boiled eggs, quartered

Directions

  • Boil potatoes in salted water until just tender.
  • While the potatoes are boiling, in a large bowl mix together all the remaining ingredients except the eggs.
  • When the potatoes are cooked, drain them well and allow to steam and cool down for 15 minutes. Once cooled slightly toss with the mayonnaise dressing and top with the boiled eggs

Simplebutsplendid
Grilled peach salad

Grilled white peach salad

Peaches are one of my favourite fruit andeven this late in the year you may still find some popping up at the markets. These may not always be the sweetest but you can still transform it into something utterly delicious with a little love.

Let’s get cooking…

Start by halving the peaches and removing the seed. brush each peach half with olive oil and sear on a hot griddle pan or on the grill. Grill for 5-10 minutes depending on firmness of the peaches, flipping half way.


While the peaches cook, slice the remaining ingredients, drizzle over the remaining olive oil, salt and pepper and give it a good toss.

Put half of the salad in each plate and top with the grilled peaches and a generous drizzle of the balsamic glaze over the top.

Grilled white peach salad
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Grilled white peach salad

Servings

2

servings
Prep time

5

minutes
Cooking time

10

minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 white peaches

  • 1 head of cos or butter lettuce, chopped

  • 1/4 cucumber, sliced into half moons

  • 8-10 baby roma tomatoes, halved

  • 2 tblsp balsamic glaze

  • Salt

  • pepper

  • 2 tblsp olive oil

Directions

  • Start by halving the peaches and removing the seed. brush each peach half with olive oil and sear on a hot griddle pan or on the grill. Grill for 5-10 minutes depending on firmness of the peaches, flipping half way
  • While the peaches cook, slice the remaining ingredients, drizzle over the remaining olive oil, salt and pepper and give it a good toss.
  • Put half of the salad in each plate and top with the grilled peaches and a generous drizzle of the balsamic glaze over the top.

Simplebutsplendid

Heirloom tomato salad

Heirloom tomato salad
Heirloom tomato salad

I, along with many of you I’m sure, am still trying to hold onto the last few days of summer. A quick trip to the market on Saturday helped me to do just that. I found some amazing heirloom tomatoes and just had to have them.

As always I leave the tomatoes out for a day or 2 to ripen further just to develop the maximum flavour and then I gave it some love with the simplest ingredients just to bring out the sweetness of the tomatoes.

Simply sliced and served with torn fresh mozzarella and dressed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, crushed basil, salt and pepper this makes the perfect side and brings back all the memories of a great summer. Definitely one to try if you can get your hands on some late summer tomatoes.

Simplebutsplendid