Grilled courgette salad with chilli, feta and pine nuts, lovely and fresh with the addition of tang from the feta and a kick from the chilli. Turn the heat up or down by adding or taking away the chilli to suit you and your family. This dish is delicious for lunch or a main meal and is family friendly.
Grilled Courgette Salad with Chilli, Feta & Pine Nuts
Ingredients
- 4 courgettes
- 80ml extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 60g currants
- 60g pine nuts
- 1 large handful of mint leaves, roughly chopped
- 2 red chillies, finely chopped
- 160g feta cheese
- Juice of ½ lemon
Steps
- Step 1
Cut the courgettes into thin strips. Drizzle with olive oil, season and cook in a griddle pan for about 1 minute on each side until slightly blackened and cooked through. It will take 2-3 minutes.
- Step 2
Meanwhile, heat another drizzle of olive oil in a frying pan and add the currants and pine nuts. Fry until the currants have puffed up and the pine nuts are a pale gold.
- Step 3
Put the mint and courgette strips on a plate, scatter over the pine nuts, currants and chillies, and crumble the feta on top.
- Step 4
Season with some good grindings of pepper. Drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice.
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By The Healthy Employee
- Servings: Serves 2
- Meals or Courses: LunchMainsSidesStarter
- Dish Type: Salad
- Special Diet: Gluten freeVegetarian
- Seasons and Occasions: AutumnSummer
- Difficulty Level:
- Ratings:
- Created: July 28, 2010
