Have a break, have a … Summer salad
Ouf! Finally, holiday time has come round for me (I’m fashionable late, not like the rest of the Parisians who have escaped the city like rats fleeing a sinking boat). I’ve headed home to the UK to soak up some English sunshine (only kidding!), more like to eat some good home cooked food (Sunday roast, malay curry, full breakfast….) and then I’m off to the Austrian mountains to yodel with Heidi and the ‘Milka’ cows… not quite, but you get the idea.
So I’m going to ‘love ya & leave ya’ for a couple of weeks with this refreshing little number. This salad has all the Summer sunshine components. Juicy sweet watermelon, salty creamy feta and tangy jewel like black olives…..mmmmmm yum yum yum. On top of that this must be one of the healthiest recipes I have done in a long while. So tuck in!!!
I’ll be back in full swing with lots of yummy little tit bits for you. A la rentrée (transl. until September) as the Frenchies say!
Summer salad: Watermelon & feta salad
1 kg watermelon, peeled & deseeded
1 bunch of parsley (if you don’t like parsley, leave it out), washed
200g feta cheese
150g black olives, preferably pitted
pepper
Make sure the watermelon is well chilled before serving (makes the salad more refreshing). Chop the watermelon into large cubes. Add to the bowl with the olives and chopped or torn parsley. Mix gently. Crumble the feta cheese on top and finish with some freshly ground pepper.
August 14th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Sorry Rachel - you’ve just missed the English Summer (it was here briefly on Sunday). Still, a bit of rain never got in the way of a Sunday roast. Enjoy your holiday!
August 15th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Hey Rachel! The salad looks very refreshing. Have fun on your little break! I reckon you never got the magazines, I will wait a week and send them again.
August 15th, 2007 at 7:14 am
what I meant to say was “since you have not gotten the mags and are leaving on vacation, I will send them again in a week”. It is rather late here and my brain is getting foggy (past 1am)
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:06 pm
miam miam. I just tried this. delicious. I almost forgot that I was stuck in rainy Paris. I served it on top of roquette.
August 30th, 2007 at 10:09 am
What an unusual salad! This looks so delicious and fresh. I wish I’d seen it sooner- I had half of a watermelon languishing in the fridge forever and it went to waste.
-Sea