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11 Mar Broccoli Salad with Feta and Toasted Almonds

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It’s starting to feel a bit like spring, with a grand stretch in the evening starting to take hold. Spring makes me look forward to greens, and eating lots of them.

Whether for environmental or health reasons, if you’re trying to change your meat-eating habits by going easy on it a couple of days week, it’s important to be armed with recipes that fill you up and make you feel good. This little plate of greens is one of those. I’m a bit of a divil for adding cheese to every plate that doesn’t feature meat, but if there’s anything I love more than chorizo, it’s cheese.

If you had told me, as a child, that I’d enjoy eating a plate of broccoli for dinner, I probably would have cried out in disgust. I paired a plate of this sweet tenderstem broccoli with hunks of crumbled feta, from Toonsbridge Dairy (www.toonsbridgedairy.com) in Cork, and sprinkled it with toasted flaked almonds. A drizzle of honey adds a welcome sweetness, which I mopped up with hunks of toasted sourdough bread from Tartine Bakery (www.tartine.ie) in Dublin. It was the swiftest and most satisfying speedy suppers I’d had all week.

If you really feel like you just won’t be full after this green dinner, add a bit of flaked hot smoked salmon to keep you going. Get some from Burren Smokehouse’s online shop (www.burrensmokehouse.com).

Broccoli Salad with Feta and Toasted Almonds

Serves 2

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

200g tenderstem broccoli

Handful of flaked almonds

50g feta cheese

Zest of half a lemon

2 tablespoons of runny honey

2 tablespoons of olive oil

1 teaspoon of salt

Half a teaspoon of pepper

Method

  1. Place a saucepan of water on the hob and bring to a steady simmer.
  1. Trim the tenderstem broccoli by chopping off any rough edges on the bottom of their stalks.
  1. Throw the broccoli into the piping hot water and simmer for a couple of minutes, until the broccoli changes into a vibrant green colour. Drain the saucepan and place the broccoli into a bowl of iced water. This will help them keep their lovely colour.
  1. Toast the almonds in a dry frying pan over a medium heat, until they’re gold brown. Keep an eye on them as they burn easily.
  1. Drain and dry the broccoli and arrange over two plates. Top with the toasted almonds. Crumble the feta evenly over the two plates.
  1. Finely grate the zest of half a lemon over both plates. Drizzle evenly with honey and olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  1. Serve with some good crusty bread on the side.

This recipe first appeared in The Irish Independent on March 10th 

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