We know it's autumn now, but we can't help but think about summer... is anyone else missing summer? The perfect summer weekend goes a little like this for us at KINN HQ.
Wake up to a wonderful sunny day, blue skies and only a few fluffy clouds dotted about. Prepare our favourite breakfast and enjoy outside. Move onto a sun lounger, apply sun cream, a glass of water and a good book within easy reach. Message friends and organise to host a BBQ later that day. Drag self away from sun lounger, rinse of suncream with our lovely organic body wash and oil skin with our perfect organic body oil. Prep food for BBQ... make sure there is enough rosé in the fridge, enjoy the company of our lovely friends... perhaps repeat this again on Sunday if we're feeling particularly energetic.
One of the dishes we love to serve on this perfect summers weekend... if only the sun part would happen, is a delicious Ubud Spice Salad, it's the perfect accompaniment to any lightly flavoured BBQ dish you choose to make, whether it's there perfect veggie skewers, garlic tossed chicken, or freshly caught fish.
Ubud Spice Salad
Serves 2
Ingredients:
- large handful of mixed salad
- handful of chopped coriander
- 2 small spring onions thinly sliced
- small handful of radishes
- 1 small mango, peeled and cubed
- 1 avocado, peeled and cubed (we choose the avocado in relation to the size of the mango as you don't want either ingredient to over power the other)
- handful of cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 tbsp of sesame seeds (toasted or not)
- 2 tbsp of homemade sweet chilli sauce (we'll be posting our favourite recipe for this soon)
- 2 lemon grass stalks, very thinly sliced with tough outer layers removed
- 2 thinly chopped garlic cloves
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 lime
Method
- Combine the sweet chilli sauce, lemon grass stalks, garlic cloves, a pinch of finely chopped coriander, fish sauce and a squeeze of lime juice into jug/small cup suitable for mixing to make dressing. Mix well to combine all ingredients.
- In a separate bowl place the mixed salad, spring onions, radishes, mango, avocado and cherry tomatoes, toss salad lightly so ingredients are better dispersed in bowl.
- Sprinkle the rest of the coriander over the top of the salad and then pour the salad dressing evenly over the salad and top with sesame seeds.
- Serve and enjoy!
Tip
Don't put the dressing on the salad until the last minute before serving, this helps to keep the salad fresh and crunchy.
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