I could eat a plate of this warm salad on its own for lunch or dinner, but it also makes a great side with barbequed meats and other vegetables. A big platter looks colourful and impressive on a shared table ….

Edible seaweed, tasty and good for us in all its green gloriousness, can do much more than wrap your favourite sushi roll, float in a bowl of udon or add precious umami to a dashi stock. Think of it as another salad vegetable and the possibilities are numerous.

Here is a really tasty, fresh and easy salad to make. This Spicy Cucumber and Peanut Salad has all the mix of flavours you’d expect from a Thai-inspired dish - sweet, salty, hot and sour. Sounds good, don’t you think? ….

This recipe started with the idea of using a monochrome palette to create a salad. And once I landed on the colour white it wasn’t much of a stretch to arrive at the need for a white dressing. Next came the idea of using a white gazpacho soup as the dressing by reducing the volume of liquid ….

An unusual but very delicious salad. A perfect summer accompaniment …..