Written by Gitam Garden
A light and crispy salad for a spring lunch date.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4-6
| Ingredients | Method |
| Juice of 1 lime 1/3 tablespoon wholegrain mustard 1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 red skinned eating apple 1 small ripe pear 1 small carrot 300gm pecan nuts 1 cup baby spinach leaves 1 cup watercress 250gm haloumi cheese | - Whisk together lime juice, mustard, honey, oil and salt to make the dressing
- Core and finely slice the apple and pear and toss in the dressing in a large salad bowl
- Slice the carrot into matchsticks
- Roughly chop the pecans
- Cut the haloumi into slices about 0.5cm thick
- Warm a large heavy based frying pan and fry the haloumi 2-3 minutes on each side until the cheese is golden brown and beginning to crisp
- Add the carrot and pecans, spinach and watercress to the salad bowl and toss all together
- Top with the hot haloumi slices and serve
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For a dairy free version, slice marinated tofu, fry the slices in a little oil until golden, and serve on top of the salad