MUSHROOM SUMMER SALAD | Make it a Mushroom Moment

MUSHROOM SUMMER SALAD

Salad Ingredients

  • 250g button mushrooms, sliced thinly
  • 200g raw beetroot, sliced thinly
  • 2 medium carrots, sliced thinly
  • 250g cherry tomatoes, some halved some quartered
  • 1 romaine lettuce, quarted and sectioned with base removed
  • 6 small radishes, sliced thinly, keep some with tops on for contrast
  • 4 spring onions, sliced thinly into rings
  • Handful of almonds
  • A bunch of watercress

Dressing Ingredients

  • 90ml lemon juice
  • 2.5 tbsp olive oil
  • Large handful of flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • Salt and pepper

Method

  1. First, make the dressing by whisking all the Ingredients together in a bowl.
  2. Place the mushrooms in a separate bowl with ⅔ of the dressing and toss well.
  3. Leave mushrooms to marinade whilst preparing the remaining Ingredients.
  4. Arrange the lettuce on one side of a large serving bowl or smaller bowls for individual servings.
  5. Build the remaining Ingredients in sections, arranging beetroot, radish, carrot, tomatoes and spring onions. Finishing with the marinated mushrooms.
  6. Drizzle the remaining dressing on the salad and dress with fresh herbs if desired.