I won’t be long before I’m back in my beautiful France. I am even looking forward to our fun but exhausting two-day journey, and especially to that much-anticipated ‘Welcome to France’ dinner on the first evening: steak-frites with pepper sauce and a nice bottle of wine. We are all so excited about going back to a place we can truly call our heart’s home.
There’s still plenty to do before our departure though. We need to round off the September/October 2016 issue of DUTCH, finalize plans for November/December, and I have to finish some articles for a few other magazines. I am not only happy about going back to France, but also about a two-week break — hopefully filled with lots of food and wine inspiration!
But on to today’s post!
Yesterday I promised I would share another summer salad with you today. If you haven’t checked out my watermelon and cucumber salad, make sure you do asap! It is very refreshing, light and great for this weather.
Today I will be sharing a grilled courgette and cherry tomato salad. Also quite zippy and full of summer flavor. I would serve this one with grilled chicken or even a proper steak from the barbecue. Here’s the recipe — have a great weekend!
Cherry Tomato & Grilled Courgette Salad
Serves 3-4
- 1 courgette, sliced
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- 3 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- fleur de sel
- freshly-cracked pepper
- 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped
- small bunch of flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
- 15 cherry tomatoes, halved
Grill your courgette slices on both sides and allow to cool. In a large bowl, whisk the lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper. Add in the rest of the ingredient, including the grilled courgettes, and serve!
