Superfood Salad

The Original Superfood Salad – according to Leon restaurants (and credit to them for the recipe). To make it vegan, leave out or substitute the feta cheese.

Ingredients:

• Small head broccoli, cut into bite size florets, stalks peeled and sliced

• 120g frozen peas (defrosted)

• ¼ cucumber cut into slim batons

• 100g feta cheese, crumbled

• 2 tbsp mixed toasted seeds

• ½ an avocado, cut into pieces

• 100g cooked quinoa

• Fresh chopped parsley and mint if available

• French dressing – 2 tbsp olive oil, ½ tbsp white wine vinegar, 1 tsp water, ½ clove garlic crushed – shake all together thoroughly. Optional extras – 1 small shallot finely diced, ½ tsp sugar

Method:

1. Put 2cm water in a pan with lid on, bring to boil, drop in broccoli, re-cover pan

2. Drain broccoli after 3 mins and run it under cold water

3. Build your salad in layers of broccoli, peas, cucumber, feta, avocado, quinoa and finally the herbs and seeds

4. Dress your salad just before you eat it