A weekend of eating cold sandwiches, raw carrots, and oat
breakfast biscuits will leave you feeling distinctly hungry for good food. In
my case that was anything warm, anything fresh and definitely something that
involved a little bit of time in the kitchen.
I settled on a grilled corn and quorn salad with honey and
mustard dressing, as that filled the fresh category. The corn and quorn “chicken”
pieces keep it warm. I spent an hour dancing around the kitchen with the sister
whipping this one up, a great chance to have a catch up while getting some
delicious food.
You won’t need an hour to make this though – we were just
being slow and enjoy the kitchen time.
First things first go grab your ingredients.
For the salad:
Baby leaves – spinach, lambs’ lettuce, red lettuce, red
chard, and rocket
Small sweet peppers
Baby corn
Sugar snap peas
Quorn chicken pieces (obviously you can use regular chicken)
Chilli kidney beans
For the dressing:
Wholegrain mustard
Honey
Olive oil
Cider vinegar
Salt
Pepper
Sugar
First, start by making the dressing. Fill a small jar about
a quarter full with the olive oil and vinegar. Add a spoonful of wholegrain
mustard and the same of honey. Season with salt, pepper and add a pinch of
sugar to help everything combine. Stick the lid on the jar and give it a good
shake to mix.
For the salad, begin with the quorn. Heat some oil in a
frying pan and add the quorn chicken pieces fry them lightly for around ten
minutes. Next add half the jar of chilli kidney beans to the frying pan and
leave to warm through.
Place the baby quorn and sugar snap peas under the grill on
a low heat so as to just warm them through.
Next, chop the peppers into small pieces and we are ready to
plate up.
Into a bowl add the baby leaves, followed by the quorn
pieces with chilli beans. Next top with the peppers, grilled corn and sugar
snap peas. Drizzle your dressing over the top and you are ready to go.
It’s simple and easy, but filling and just warming enough
for a light lunch or summer meal. We couldn’t stop exclaiming about how healthy
we were feeling the whole time we were eating – although that could be down to
our normal diet of pizza and fajitas. I can see this easily becoming a go to
meal when I’m in a rush for something nice and quick to eat this summer.
Have you got a go to summer meal?