Name: Allotment summer salad
Ingredients: 10 Radishes; 120 g Lettuce; 15 g Coriander leaves; 30 g Baby spinach; 10 g Nasturtium leaves; 10 g Mint leaves; 15 g Flat leaf parsley; 10 g Dill; 10 g Chopped chives; 5 g Viola flowers; 3 g Thyme flowers; 5 g Mint leaves; 15 g Flat leaf parsley; 10 g Coriander; 5 g Nasturtium leaves; 10 g Dill; 80 ml Olive oil; 30 ml White wine vinegar; Salt + Pepper to Taste

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The recipe

Allotment summer salad

The best part about this salad is all ingredients were grown on my allotment plot.

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Step 1
Begin by washing all ingredients and allow them to drain. The least moisture on the leaves will result in the dressing coating the leaves more efficiently.
Step 2
Next, prepare your ingredients by removing any stalks and leaves you don't want to eat.
Step 3
Chop the lettuce (120 g) to your desired size, half or quarter the radishes (10) and pick the leaves from the mint (10 g), coriander (15 g) and parsley (15 g). place all ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
Step 4
To make the dressing, place mint leaves (10 g), coriander (15 g), parsley (15 g), dill (10 g) and nasturtium leaves (10 g) into a food processor followed by salt, white wine vinegar (30 ml), olive oil (80 ml) and black pepper. Blend until it's smooth or you can leave it a little chunkier if you prefer.
Step 5
Now, pour half of the dressing over the prepared salad with a little extra pinch of salt and pepper. Gently mix using your fingertips until everything is evenly coated.
Step 6
Next, finely chop the chives (10 g).
Step 7
To serve, layer up the dressed salad and place any radishes (10) on top that may have dropped to the bottom of the mixing bowl. Scatter with nasturtium leaves (10 g), sprigs of dill (10 g), viola flowers (5 g), thyme flower (3 g), chopped chives (10 g) and finish with a generous drizzle of herb vinaigrette.

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Allotment summer salad

Allotment summer salad

Ingredients

The salad