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Showing posts with label honey. Show all posts

Sunday, 7 August 2011

Honey and Mustard salad dressing

So, this is a simple and easy home made honey and mustard dressing that can be enjoyed on salads, or on vegetables; it's also a more flavoursome alternative to the standard olive oil and balsamic vinegar with bread.  I have no idea the exact amount (in ml) of ingredients because I don't know how much this particular glass tube hold, but to give you an idea, it's about the size of my fist.  However, this does not matter very much as all you need is equal ratios of each ingredient!

Ingredients:

  • A few pepper corns
  • Sprinkle of salt
  • x2 garlic cloves - chopped small enough to fit through the top of the bottle
  • Olive oil
  • White wine vinegar
  • Standard drizzly honey (I used Rowse squeezy honey)
  • x4 tbsp of whole grain mustard
NB: remember to use a funnel when adding the ingredients.  And to get the best flavour, leave it in the fridge for a few days!
Enjoy this tasty dressing on a variety of foods!

Spicy super salad

This is the spicy super salad with home made honey and mustard dressing, it's a tasty and healthy salad that will fill you up on a lunch in the office: ladies take note!  It's quick and easy to make, and it's also a great side dish for any dinner/party, or party buffet.

Ingredients: lunch time portion for one

  • 1/2 courgette 
  • 1/2 red pepper
  • 1/2 green pepper 
  • 1/2 medium spice red chili
  • 1/4 cucumber 
  • Handful of spinach
  • 1/2 tin of chick peas
  • Dash of home made honey and mustard dressing
Method:
  1. Add the spinach and chick peas in to your lunch box
  2. Using a standard cheese grater, grate 1/2 a courgette (or more if you really like courgettes) in to the box
  3. Chop up your red and green pepper, red chili and cucumber.  Add to the box and cling film the other halves of for another day
  4. Drizzle some home made honey and mustard dressing on top, close the lid and shake the box around so all the ingredients are mixed.
    NB: make sure you keep your salad in the fridge!
If you want to use this salad for a dinner/party, or buffet dinner just times the ingredients by how many people are attending.  For four people you would multiply all the ingredients by four, so you would have x2 red peppers, x2 green pepper, x2 tins of chick peas, x2 medium spice red chilies, x1 cucumber, x2 courgettes and a big handful of spinach.