As you know I like my greens, although I probably drink more than I eat. If I have a lot of greens in my smoothie, I tend to go for other veg in my evening meal. It's all about eating the rainbow, isn't it?

I wish I'd been back in the swing of drinking my daily green smoothies and eating more vegetable since I got back from holiday. If I had, I probably wouldn't have this rather nasty chest infection.

photo; Tenderstem

In a bid to get back on track I made this flavourful warm tenderstem and samphire bulgur salad. Broccoli was too heavy for this dish, but tenderstem was just what I was looking for and I teamed it with samphire as Cooper decided he loved the stuff when we were dining at The Gate restaurant.

I like to follow up any new foodies discoveries or new likes with more of it so Cooper will remember it and I can remind him that he likes it. Yes, I have a strategy!

He wasn't too impressed. He groaned and grumbled and asked where his real meal was. Surely this was a starter? In the end, he ate about a third of it so I was delighted. That was definitely a win.


Graham and I happily chomped through ours. It was super tasty with the herbs, tenderstem and samphire. I added stock to the bulgur wheat for extra flavour and mixed through lemon juice, olive oil and a good grinding of black pepper. Oh yeah, it was a flavour sensation. Great textures too.





Disclosure: I was paid to develop a recipe using Tenderstem. I was not expected to write a positive review and any opinions expressed are my own.

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