Delicious Summer Salads

Chicken, Avocado and Noodle Salad

• Serves 4
• Prep Time 30 minutes
• Cook Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 Chicken Breasts - butterflied
• A knob butter
• Salt & pepper
• 2 packs egg noodles
• 1L /34fl.oz High Heat Oil for deep frying
• 2 avocados - sliced
• 250g /8.8oz 1 punnet cherry tomatoes- halved
• Handful coriander
• Handful mint
• Handful parsley
• ¼ red cabbage - shredded

For the dressing

• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 lemon - zest & juice
• ½ cup Extra Virgin Olive oil
• 1 tsp whole grain mustard
• ½  tsp dried chilli flakes

1. Rub the chicken breast with salt and pepper. Heat the butter in a frypan over a medium-high heat. Fry off the butterflied chicken breast until perfectly cooked. Set aside covered to rest.
2. Cook the noodles according to the packet instructions. Drain and set aside.
3. In a separate large heavy pot, heat the  High heat Oil over a medium/hot heat. Being very careful not burn yourself, deep fry the noodles until golden and crispy. Drain excess oil with kitchen towel.
4. To make the dressing, place the honey, lemon zest and juice, Extra Virgin Olive oil, whole grain mustard and chilli flakes in a bowl and whisk to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Shred the chicken and in a beautiful serving dish combine with the avocado, coriander, mint, parsley, cabbage and tomatoes.. Break up noodles into clusters and add to the salad. Drizzle over dressing and serve immediately.

Recipe courtesy of Olivado - olivado.com

Summer Strawberry Salad

Strawberries are in abundance this summer so why not add some to your salads. Here’s a healthy and delicious strawberry salad recipe.

Ingredients

• Arugula or other cress variety
• Fresh mint or basil
• Fresh strawberries
• Wild rice
• Pistachios
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Lemon
• Dijon mustard
• Honey
• Poppyseeds
• Fine grain sea salt

Dressing

Pour the olive oil, lemon juice, dijon mustard, and honey to a jar and shake it vigorously until it emulsifies.

Then, add in the salt, lemon zest, and poppyseeds and give it a good shake until mixed in.

Recipe courtesy of Liz Moody - lizmoody.com