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Rainbow garden salad

Rainbow garden salad

Perfect as a side salad, this rainbow garden dish is so colourful it'll complement any dish, or just serve it as a light main

Serves: 4 as a side salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes

What you need:

  • 2 Carrots
  • 1 Yellow Pepper
  • Handful Cherry Tomatoes
  • 50g Pea Shoots
  • ½ Cucumber
  • 6 Radish
  • 4 Spring Onions
  • ½ Lemon
  • 1tbsp Olive Oil

What you do:

  1. Top, tail and peel the carrot, then using a vegetable peeler, make long ribbons.
  2.  Slice the yellow pepper and cucumber into long thin strips.
  3.  Cut the cherry tomatoes into half. Thinly slice the radish.
  4.  Remove the outer leaves of the spring onion then slice into small rings.
  5. Place all of these ingredients into a salad bowl with the pea shoots.
  6. Drizzle on the olive oil and the juice of the lemon, then season.
  7.  Ideal served with grilled chicken, steamed fish or slices of Serrano ham.
  8. This Rainbow Salad will make a colourful, nutritious addition to summer living.

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Pea Shoots

Pea Shoots Pea Shoots are the tender green leaves and tendrils from the garden pea plant. Harvested after just two weeks, Pea Shoots are a delicious addition to a wide variety of dishes. Grown in Wiltshire from April till October, Pea Shoots are available in Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s.

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