SUMMER COURGETTE RIBBON SALAD

Summer courgette ribbon salad image

Thin strips of courgette and baby kale are the base for this light lunch or dinner, finished with creamy goat's cheese and crunchy croutons

Provided by Chelsie Collins

Categories Dinner, Lunch, Main course, Side dish, Supper, Vegetable

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

25g pine nuts
4 large courgettes , sliced into ribbons with a veg peeler or spiralized
juice and zest 0.5 lemon (save the other 0.5 for the dressing)
1 small loaf of sourdough bread or stale bread
1 tbsp olive oil
60g bag baby kale
100g goat's cheese , crumbled
handful of mint leaves , picked
25g raisins
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp clear honey

Steps:

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and tip the pine nuts onto a baking tray. Put the courgette ribbons in a large bowl with the juice and zest of 1/2 the lemon. Cut the sourdough into chunky dice and pop on the baking tray, next to the nuts. Drizzle with the oil and add plenty of seasoning.
Roast for about 5 mins until the pine nuts are golden and toasted, then remove from the baking tray and set aside. Return the croutons to the oven for a further 5-8 mins until golden.
Meanwhile, wash and dry the kale and add to the courgettes with the goat's cheese, mint and raisins. Toss everything together.
Make the dressing by combining all the ingredients. Season well. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and then toss to coat.
Pile the salad onto a platter and scatter over the croutons, pine nuts and plenty of black pepper.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 555 calories, Fat 22 grams fat, SaturatedFat 7 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 66 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 13 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 21 grams protein, Sodium 1.7 milligram of sodium