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LIFESTYLE

CELEBRATE SUMMER WITH THESE MOUTH-WATERING
RECIPES MADE WITH FRESH HEALTHY INGREDIENTS

Roasted Stone Fruit and
Feta Salad

f you’d like to taste the very essence of summer,
this salad is just the thing. Roast nectarine and
Iplum wedges to bring out every bit of their
flavour, and when cool toss them with crumbled
feta, mange tout, tomato, spring onion, micro
herbs and finely sliced mint. Spoon this gorgeous,
jewel-bright mixture over a bed of rocket, and
drizzle with a red wine vinegar and Dijon mustard
vinaigrette.

INGREDIENTS
• 2 ripe nectarines
• 2 ripe dark plums
• Olive oil
• 2 tsp honey
• 100g feta cheese, crumbled or cubed
• 120g mange tout, blanched
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• ¼ cup thinly sliced spring onions
• ½ cup micro herbs
• ¼ cup thinly sliced mint leaves
• 2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp castor sugar
• 120g wild rocket
• Freshly ground black pepper

METHOD
• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Slice the stone fruits in half, remove the pips and then slice into wedges. Toss together with 4 tsp olive oil and 2 tsp honey. Place on a roasting tray
and roast until the edges are golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
• Toss together the roasted fruit, feta, mange tout, tomato, spring onion, micro herbs and mint.
• Whisk 90ml of olive oil together with the vinegar, mustard and castor sugar to make a vinaigrette.
• Layer the rocket in a bowl and spoon over the fruit and feta mix.
• Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad and finish with a twist of black pepper.

SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS

omemade ice-lollies are a great way to get the family cooled down on those hot summer days. The best part about making these
delicious home treats is that you can choose how healthy or unhealthy you want them to be. Consider getting the little ones involved
Hin making these amazing homemade ice-lollies too.

STRAWBERRY METHOD
• Place all of the ingredients into a
SUMMER ICE-LOLLY blender.
• Blend until smooth (this may take a
INGREDIENTS while to ensure that there are no big
• 2 punnets of strawberries (with the chunks of ice). If it looks quite dry and
green stalk and leaves removed) powdery add a little bit of water.
• 1 cup of icing sugar • Spoon the mixture into ice lolly moulds
• Zest of 1 lemon and insert a stick down the middle.
• Freeze the ice lollies overnight.
• 1 tray of ice cubes

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