Salads...

We had a lovely sunday as it was our little boys Dedication. Lots of our friends and family came to celebrate with us and we invited them all over for a bbq lunch.

I forgot to photograph most of it but I will tell you what delicious food I made. For nibbles I made vegetarian rice paper rolls and homemade olive bread, sliced and grilled to serve with bruschetta topping.

My lovely husband barbecued sausages (out in the heat and humidity) while everyone else was in the pool! And I made some gorgeous salads to serve with our sausages...

Sweet Potato and Quinoa salad - the recipe I found on Naturally Ella. The sweetness in the potato was well complimented by the feta and the quinoa is just amazing. Loved it.

Pesto Pasta salad - I  used the recipe for basil pesto from Delicieux. We have so much basil in our garden to make this and I think the fresh basil is what gave this pesto a lovely flavour. We used a combination of walnuts and pinenuts. The parmesan cheese was only mixed through the 'green pasta' (as my daughter named it) just before serving (after my non-dairy-eating friend took her share) :)

Nigella's Tabbouleh - This is a recipe in Nigella Kitchen to help use up your leftover bulgar. It included, with the bulgar, finely chopped mint, parsley, spring onion and tomato, lemon zest and juice, olive oil and salt. I really liked it, so fresh and light tasting yet filling.

And for dessert I made the Joconde Imprime cake again (like my Valentines one) but bigger and the mousse had extra whipped cream so it was lighter. I also added a layer of sliced fresh strawberries. Everyone loved it and I had lots of fun making it. I also made some lemon curd tarts which were delicious.