{"id":622,"date":"2013-03-10T21:58:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T11:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=622"},"modified":"2013-03-10T22:10:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T12:10:37","slug":"random-lunch-challenge-not-not-not-main-meal-salads-because-its-hot-hot-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"Random Lunch Challenge\u2013not, not, not: Main Meal Salads because it’s hot, hot, hot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There was no RLC this week, simply for the reason we had enough left overs in the fridge to build a lunch with, left overs of the meals designed for this persistent hot weather we have been experiencing.<\/p>\n

Hot weather calls for light, but filling; fresh and loaded with flavour.
\nI am now more than ever a fan of main meal salads.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Tuna and Bean Salad<\/span> is one of my current “faves”:
\n1 tin cannellini beans (400 g) drained
\n1 tin Borlotti beans (400 g) drained
\n3 sticks of celery, finely sliced
\n1\/2 small red onion, finely chopped
\n1 bunch flat leaf parsley, washed, dried and chopped (not stems)
\n300 g green beans, blanched, sliced and cooled
\nToss these ingredients together.
\nGently fold in a 425 g tin of tuna in olive oil that has been drained. Dress with juice and zest of lemon.<\/p>\n

A few other main meal salad ideas:
\nThe basic foundation is heaps of herbs and leafy greens, a carb component that is good cold, some type of protein and some moisture in the form of dressing or the natural juices of the vegies or protein used.
\nI do admit, all but the first are not vegetarian options. I am working on that for main meals, although that will be a challenge with 2 meat boys in the house.\"IMG_7971\"<\/a>
\n*Freekah salad
\n*Thai chicken noodle salad
\n*Couscous and harissa chicken salad
\n*Ginger chilli prawn and rice salad
\n*Thai style beef salad
\n*Ni\u00e7oise Salad
\n*Warm fish salad with dill aioli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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