Courgette, mint and lentil salad with beetroot hummus and falafels

Beetroot hummus had toasted fennel seeds, cumin and flax oil added. The salad was so fresh tasting - good old Ella's ideas there. I used sprouted lentils and mixed seeds toasted with soy sauce. Very tasty washed down with some rose on a fri night!

Simple tomato salad

Few things can beat a bunch of ripe tomatoes sliced with oil, balsamic and basil. These were given to me by a kind friend from her garden and tasted amaaazing. All seven different types!

Fresh crab, beetroot, carrot and avocado remoulade with pumpernickel

Fresh crab is such a treat and this lunch was so good - very much my kind of food and pretty filling too. I love rocket with crab. 

Butterbean, kale pesto and tuna salad with toasted pittas

Slightly threw this together but it became such a healthy feast of toasted paprika and cumin pittas, kale and seed salad and this protein-rich, filling main dish. It was a hot day too so nice to eat very fresh and zingy flavours such as these. Served with a cool pimms... 😎

Gilt-head bream with pea purée and a tomato salad

Such a good piece of fish, very succulent and delicious pan-fried. Harry's been getting hungry of late so bulked the pea and garlic purée out with a small handful of breadcrumbs. Good quality tomatoes tasted out-of-this-world-good with oil, balsamic and basil. 

Spaghetti puttanesca

Courgette, kalamata olives, capers, onion, garlic and parsley make a potent accompaniment to linguine. Harry had some leftover tuna steak on top whilst I had parmesan. So easy and yet restaurant-level good.

Smoked salmon and hummous

This hardly warrants a post but doesn't it look pretty and easy to throw together? 

Smoked mackerel fishcakes

Panko breadcrumbs were the secret to the success of these crispy beauts. Think next time I will incorporate some strong Thai flavours to cut through the fishiness of mack. A very satisfying Saturday lunch though.