I know that Summer's over, but I'm still enjoying salads. I'm eating a lot of comfort food too. Comforting bowls of soup, stew and chilli, which are great, but sometimes all I want is a salad.

On days when I'm at home and working flat out trying to get all my housework done and catching up online, I want something a bit special for lunch like this puy lentil, beet and mozzarella salad.

Some of my friends on Facebook will be laughing at that, as I admitted to having a squeezy Heinz tomato cup-a-soup for lunch yesterday. Hardly inspiring, but wonderfully quick and low in calories.


My cup-a-soup may not have been inspiring, but this salad was. A mixture of salad leaves and slices of crunchy cucumber topped with roasted red pepper, tangy pickled baby beets, creamy puy lentils, fresh milky mozzarella topped with a drizzle of balsamic syrup. Just wonderful.

For convenience I used jarred red peppers and ready to eat puy lentils. My favourites are Cooks & Co Roasted Red Peppers and Merchant Gourmet Puy Lentils. In my opinion these are store cupboard essentials and are really handy for throwing together a quick meal.


Are you still enjoying salads or have you put them aside for more hearty dishes?