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Warm baby potato salad with baby aubergines and eggs

April 15, 2013 in Lunch, Salad, Salads, Sauce, Side Dish, Supper, Vegetarian

Tags: baby aubergine, Basil pesto, Eggs, Pinkpolkadot, potato salad without mayonnaise, Recipe for warm baby potato salad with baby aubergines and eggs, red onions, Salad, side dish, supper, Vegetarian, warm baby potato salad, Warm baby potato salad with baby aubergines and eggs

We always associate salads with summer, but potato salad is just as nice served warm as it is cold.

Potato salad is mostly served with mayonnaise. Since my one daughter dislikes mayonnaise I am always experiencing with new potato salad combinations that do not contain mayonnaise. I love adding aubergines to potatoes. The combination just works for me.

This warm salad was a winner and was loved by everyone that ate it. It can be served as a vegetarian main dish or as a side dish.

For the recipe, please visit PinkPolkaDotFood.

by pinkpolkadot

Hot tomato and Haloumi salad

February 21, 2013 in Lunch, Meals in minutes, Meatless Mondays, Salad, Salads, Side Dish, Starter, Vegetarian

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Tags: cheese, Haloumi, Hot tomato and Haloumi salad, light lunch, Meals in minutes, Pinkpolkadot, Salad, starter, tomatoes, vegeterian

I won some tickets to the Cape Dairy Experience and a cheese hamper from Karoo Goat’s milk products, late last year. Included in this hamper was some Halloumi cheese.

Since I wanted to emphasize the slightly salted taste of the halloumi I decided to make a hot tomato and fried halloumi salad and served it with some crusty bread as a light lunch. The salad can also be served as a starter.

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

by pinkpolkadot

Chicken and Mango salad

February 19, 2013 in Chicken, Fruit, Lunch, Meals in minutes, Poultry, Salad, Salads, Supper

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Tags: Chicken, Chicken and Mango salad, Chicken and Mango salad recipe, coconut milk salad dressing, lunch, mains, mangoes, Pinkpolkadot, recipe, Salad, supper

For me summer would not be the same without mangoes. I adore this wonderful versatile fruit and luckily it is available in South Africa from Decemeber to April.

Not only do I love to eat a mango as is but I also enjoy experimenting with it in all kinds of dishes as you will see with the mango ice cream I made recently and this mango mousse.

My family loved this chicken and mango salad. Please visit PinkPolkaDotFood for the recipe!

by pinkpolkadot

Side dishes for the braai

December 19, 2012 in Braai, Side Dish, Vegetables, Vegetarian

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Tags: Aubergine rolls, aubergines, baby onion kebabs, baby potato and herb salad, baby potatoes, barbeque, basil, Basil pesto, braai, chickpeas, corn, couscous, couscous with chickpeas and corn, fresh coriander, herbs, kebabs, mozzarella, Pinkpolkadot, potato salad, recipe, Salad, side dishes, Side dishes for the braai, smoked mozzarella, vegetables, Vegetarian

It is summer, it is December, it is braai time in South Africa!

If my husband got his way, he would braai every night, especially during holidays. Recently he braai’d four nights in a row and told us he has compulsive braai disorder!

I could eat barbequed meat – whether it is lamb chops, chicken, fish, steaks, pork chops or boerewors, every night in a row for quite a while. The problem however is the side dishes. I cannot eat braaibroodjies twice in a row and although I love pap and sheba, I also do not want to eat it twice in one week!

Here are a couple of recipes for side dishes that goes well with a braai!

The first one can also be served as a main dish for vegetarians:

Aubergine rolls

Couscous with chickpeas and corn

Baby onion kebabs

Baby potato and mixed herb salad

by pinkpolkadot

Aubergine and bocconcini salad for meatless Mondays

April 22, 2012 in fresh, Meatless Mondays, Salad, Vegetarian

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Tags: Aubergine and bocinni salad recipe, Aubergine recipe, eggpant recipe, eggplant salad, Meatless Mondays, mozzarella bocinni, Pinkpolkadot, Salad, salad recipe, Vegetarian

I found the cutest baby Augergines at Checkers a couple of days ago! I was immediately inspired and knew that I would love to make a salad with this; something with cheese! So I went to the cheese counter and saw this mozzarella bocconcini cheese!! Bocconcini and Aubergine, what a delicious combination!

Once at home, I just could not think of anything, so I searched the Internet and found a salad on Real food which inspired this dish! One of the ingredients were fresh basil and the other one fresh mint, which I have plentiful in my herb garden at the moment.

This was one of the most delicious Vegetarian meals that I have ever eaten! Serve this salad with some French loaf to get the most of the wonderful salad sauce!

please go to PinkPolkaDotFood for the recipe!

by pinkpolkadot

Blueberry salad

March 30, 2012 in Meatless Mondays, Monthly Mingle, Salad, Vegetarian

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Tags: beetroot, berries, blueberries, cherries, Mele Cotta, Monthly mingle, Salad, What’s for lunch honey

I love food, (as if you did not know that already!), but I absolutely adore berries and cherries.

As a child we rarely had the privilege of eating fresh berries and cherries. We ate strawberries and of course mulberries, which was plentiful, but never blueberries, cranberries, gooseberries or any other berries. I spoke to a friend a couple of days ago who said she has never tasted fresh cherries?!! How sad!

Berries are irresistible for most people. A couple of weeks ago we were at the Stellenbosch Slowfood market and the Mulberry tree was bearing fruit and almost every person that walked past could not resist picking a few and eating them!

I always dreamt of living on a farm and growing loads of berries and having a cherry tree lane!

This month’s Monthly Mingle, hosted by Christina who runs the blog Mele Cotte is to prepare something using berries or cherries.

My sister made this salad as part of Christmas lunch and I decided that it would be my contribution to this month’s monthly mingle!

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

by pinkpolkadot

Meatless Mondays: Pasta salad with sweet red pepper Pesto

March 25, 2012 in fresh, Meatless Mondays, Salad, Salads, Vegetarian

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Tags: Al fresco, Meatless Monday, Pasta, Pasta salad, Pasta salad with sweet red pepper pesto, Red Pepper Pesto, Salad, Vegetarian

In all the time that we have been living in Cape Town I have never experienced such a beautiful summer like this year!!

We stayed at the Table View beachfront for 9 years and I always use to tell everyone that the wind is blowing 360 days a year in Cape Town. We moved to Pinelands for a year and I could not believe how amazing the weather was. This year we moved back to Table View, but not at the beachfront, and the weather has been wonderful with no wind!!

This summer we have been eating mostly salads at night Al fresco.

This Pasta salad is a wonderful dish for Meat free Mondays, but it can also be served as a side dish!

Please go to PinkPolkaDotFood for the recipe.

by pinkpolkadot

Roast lamb salad

March 23, 2012 in Lamb, Meat, Salads

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Tags: Eat-in awards, Friendship, lamb salad, Meat, Roast lamb salad, Salad, Warm salad with lamb and potatoes

One of my friends who stay in Pretoria came to visit me In December. She started working for me when she was 18 and fresh out of school and she is now a very successful career woman. I was pregnant at the time with VG and although there was an age difference between the two of us, we immediately hit it off.

We have been friends for 22 years but the last time we saw each other was seven years before this visit of hers. Although we don’t see each other often we always just reconnect where we previously were. Strange how some friendships are just fun and natural and no hard work!

Although she is totally career orientated, with no children, we share so many other interests, of which one is our love for cooking. I got this recipe from her.

I hope you will all have a wonderful weekend! Good Luck to all the bloggers that are nominated for the Eat In rewards!! My favourites are Brownie Girl, Nina, Tandy, Sam and Alida!

Look out for the next Friday Food Quiz which will be posted on Friday, 30 March 2012.

For the recipe plaese go to PinkPolkaDotfood!

by pinkpolkadot

Baby fennel bulb salad with oranges

December 6, 2011 in fresh, Salad, Side Dish, Vegetarian

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Tags: baby fennel, Baby fennel bulb salad with oranges, fennel, fennel bulb, fresh, honey coated walnuts, oranges, Salad, side dish, Vegetarian

Fennel bulb is something that people either loves or hate. It is highly aromatic and with its sweet mild licorice or anise seed flavour it either appeals to you or not.

Fennel bulb is apparently very healthy because it contains anethole which has repeatedly been shown to reduce inflammation and to help prevent the occurrence of cancer. In addition, fennel bulb is an excellent source of Vitamin C. It is also a very good source of fibre which reduces elevated cholesterol levels and it also removes potentially carcinogenic toxins from the colon. This is useful in the prevention of colon cancer. Fennel is also a very good source of folate and potassium which assist in combating heart attacks and strokes.

I use the leaves often as a garnish and I also enjoy cooking the bulb, which can be seen with this Leg of lamb with fennel!

I enjoy the vegetable fresh, not so much for its flavour, but for its crunchy and refreshing texture!

In this salad I combined it with oranges and found it to be an excellent and refreshing combination! Serve it with fish, chicken, lamb or beef!

Go to PinkPolkaDotFood for the recipe!

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You are browsing the archive for Salad.

Warm baby potato salad with baby aubergines and eggs

Hot tomato and Haloumi salad

Chicken and Mango salad

Side dishes for the braai

Aubergine and bocconcini salad for meatless Mondays

Blueberry salad

Meatless Mondays: Pasta salad with sweet red pepper Pesto

Roast lamb salad

Baby fennel bulb salad with oranges

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