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Simple summer salads: Roquefort, rocket and pink grapefruit

2023-07-05 17:23
As colourful in nutrients as it is in appearance, this easy-to-construct salad is a powerhouse of goodness!” says functional nutritionist Pauline Cox. Roquefort, rocket and pink grapefruit salad Makes: one salad Ingredients: 90g rocket 100g Roquefort (ideally raw), cut into chunks 1 ripe avocado, peeled, stoned and sliced 2 pink grapefruits, segmented A drizzle of raspberry blush vinaigrette A handful of chopped fresh coriander A handful of pecans, chopped A handful of sunflower seeds For the vinaigrette: 100g raspberries (10-12 juicy raspberries) 60ml extra virgin olive oil Juice of 1 lime 20ml balsamic vinegar 20ml beet kvass (optional, but ideal) 1 tsp salt (ideally beetroot salt) Method: 1. To make the vinaigrette, add all of the ingredients to a blender and combine. Transfer to a clean glass jar with a lid, keep in the fridge and use within three days. 2. Lay the rocket leaves onto two plates, adding chunks of Roquefort, slices of avocado and pink grapefruit segments, and drizzle over the raspberry blush vinaigrette. 3. Sprinkle over the chopped coriander, pecans and sunflower seeds. ‘Hungry Woman’ by Pauline Cox (Ebury Press, £27). Read More Ditch Deliveroo – make these healthy, 30-minute pizzas instead Three quick and easy vegan fakeaway recipes The dish that defines me: Eddie Huang’s Taiwanese beef noodle soup Nutritionist explains how women can eat to help balance hormones How to make protein pancakes without flour The only three recipes you need to seize the summer
Simple summer salads: Roquefort, rocket and pink grapefruit

As colourful in nutrients as it is in appearance, this easy-to-construct salad is a powerhouse of goodness!” says functional nutritionist Pauline Cox.

Roquefort, rocket and pink grapefruit salad

Makes: one salad

Ingredients:

90g rocket

100g Roquefort (ideally raw), cut into chunks

1 ripe avocado, peeled, stoned and sliced

2 pink grapefruits, segmented

A drizzle of raspberry blush vinaigrette

A handful of chopped fresh coriander

A handful of pecans, chopped

A handful of sunflower seeds

For the vinaigrette:

100g raspberries (10-12 juicy raspberries)

60ml extra virgin olive oil

Juice of 1 lime

20ml balsamic vinegar

20ml beet kvass (optional, but ideal)

1 tsp salt (ideally beetroot salt)

Method:

1. To make the vinaigrette, add all of the ingredients to a blender and combine. Transfer to a clean glass jar with a lid, keep in the fridge and use within three days.

2. Lay the rocket leaves onto two plates, adding chunks of Roquefort, slices of avocado and pink grapefruit segments, and drizzle over the raspberry blush vinaigrette.

3. Sprinkle over the chopped coriander, pecans and sunflower seeds.

‘Hungry Woman’ by Pauline Cox (Ebury Press, £27).

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