Happy Leons: LEON Happy Salads

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Rip the flatbread into pieces and soak in the milk for 10 minutes. Then put the bread into a mixing bowl, add the mince and stir in the parsley, mint, oregano, garlic and some seasoning.

While all this is going on, build your salad: toss the leaves, tomatoes, broccoli and peas in the juice of half a lemon and the olive oil. Lift on to one big serving dish or individuals, scatter on the cooled quinoa and alfalfa. The next layer is the protein (try feta if you're veggie). Top with the aïoli, seeds and herbs, with the other half lemon, wedged, on the side. Sweet potato falafel The ingredients of this salad together make an Olympic team. During her pregnancy my best friend Bridget was addicted to it. Her poor boyfriend had to cycle to the nearest Leon, night after night, in all weathers. Joseph is a beautiful baby, don’t get me wrong, , but mainly this salad is just very nice” Do you recognize that pile of cookbooks you hardly ever use? Then join me in this challenge, let’s put our cookbooks to use! Vegetables - This is an easy way to bulk out the salad and add lots of nutritions too. Other salad vegetables that work well in this are bell peppers, roasted artichokes, shredded cabbage, broccoli, sweetcorn or carrot. You could add in some roasted sweet potato or butternut squash too.

Parmesan cheese - Some freshly grated Parmesan cheese adds some sharpness and nuttiness to the romaine lettuce salad. If you like tangier, sharper flavor, crumbled feta cheese would work as well. This slippery little South American grass seed attempts to trip up the uninitiated by being pronounced "keenwa". Despite a relatively nondescript taste, quinoa is a true superfood as it is one of the rare non-meat sources of complete protein - that is, one that contains the eight essential amino acids our bodies need. To further the cause of pedantry, we actually need 20 amino acids, but the body can produce the other 12 from the original eight. A handful of quinoa is often thrown into soup in the same way that you might add in bulgar. Leon ships its quinoa from Bolivia, gently fries it in olive oil to coat the seeds and then simmers it in water for 10 minutes. To store: keep the leftovers in the fridge and enjoy within 1-2 days. Note: the dressing may cause the lettuce to wilt. Recipe Variations Preheat the oven to 220C/425F and roast the sweet potatoes whole until just tender (45 minutes to 1 hour). Turn off oven, leave the potatoes to cool, then peel.

This is a perfectly balanced lunch. We have some wonderful regulars who have been eating this three times a week for years.Greens - This is the base of the salad. You could add some kale in for an iron boost or if you wanted some crunch, then add little gem or romaine.