Summertime salads: Strawberries

Nothing better to celebrate the arrival of summer than a nice juicy punnet of strawbs, and they're just absolutely fabulous in salads!


Get this: 

• Iceberg lettuce leaves
• Baby spinach leaves
• 8-10 strawberries
• 1/4 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup pecans
• 1/4 cup dried apricots
• 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 2 tsps olive oil
• pepper to taste

Do this:
Wash, dry and tear the iceberg lettuce leaves and layer with the baby spinach on a plate or in a salad bowl. Chop up the strawberries and add them to the leaves along with the nuts and apricots. Spoon on the olive oil and give the salad a good stir. Mix in the blue cheese and finish with pepper.

Try this:
If you're allergic to nuts you could try adding croutons instead. If you're not a fan of blue cheese you could substitute it for goats' cheese, or similar. 

I recommend enjoying this salad with a nice glass of Rosé. Cheers!