I love food, (as if you did not know that already!), but I absolutely adore berries and cherries.
As a child we rarely had the privilege of eating fresh berries and cherries. We ate strawberries and of course mulberries, which was plentiful, but never blueberries, cranberries, gooseberries or any other berries. I spoke to a friend a couple of days ago who said she has never tasted fresh cherries?!! How sad!
Berries are irresistible for most people. A couple of weeks ago we were at the Stellenbosch Slowfood market and the Mulberry tree was bearing fruit and almost every person that walked past could not resist picking a few and eating them!
I always dreamt of living on a farm and growing loads of berries and having a cherry tree lane!
This month’s Monthly Mingle, hosted by Christina who runs the blog Mele Cotte is to prepare something using berries or cherries.
My sister made this salad as part of Christmas lunch and I decided that it would be my contribution to this month’s monthly mingle!
Ingredients:
100g walnuts
100g rocket leaves
300g cooked baby beetroot, halved
125g blueberries
2 rounds feta
For the dressing:
45ml red wine vinegar
45ml olive oil
¼ red onion, finely chopped
Fry the walnuts in a frying pan.
Arrange the rocket leaves on a serving platter.
Top with the beetroot and blueberries and crumble the feta over.
Whisk all the salad ingredients together and drizzle over the salad.
I also love berries. This salad looks absolutely scrumptious, PPD. I have to make it very soon.
Thanks for the recipe and the wonderful pics. xxx
What a lovely salad Pink. Sadly our weather has already turn very wintery so not sure I will be making a salad any time soon.
Mandy
I tasted fresh cherries for the first time about two years ago and could not believe how tasty they are. I think most berries were not so easily available when we were younger, as you say strawberries were the only berries that one could go and buy and only during Sept and Oct. Now you can get them almost year round.
That looks delicious!I oncce had a salad with broccoli, almonds and dried cranberries – most beautiful thing I’ve ever tasted!!
Feta…blueberries..I am salivating already….. good to have you back Pinks
Cherries
Buy the punnet
take it home
run under the tap
shake out into a bowl
off to hide with a nook and the bowl
HEAVEN!
oops
off to hide with a book and the bowl
What a delicious salad! I have never thought of pairing beetroot and blueberries. Brilliant! Thanks for adding this to the Mingle round up. The post will be up soon.