Summer Salad

I had something similar at a restaurant and loved it, so tried to replicate it at home and it turned out quite well.
I love this salad because it makes me eat 2 things that I don't normally eat but I should beacuse they're healthy - beets and prunes.

Rinse out a bunch of lettuce leaves.
A good way to dry them is to take a few leaves and wrap it in a clean kitchen towel and shake. It's a longer process but better than eating a soggy salad, or buying a salad spinner that takes up space I don't have to spare.

Add:
1 boiled (or baked), and peeled beetroot
1 onion
1 large tomato (or a few cherry tomatoes)
1 large carrot (peeled)
2 cucumbers
5-6 chopped prunes 
6-8 pieces of Walnut (broken in halves)
4-5 olives

Dressing (pour just before serving):
2 tbsp Olive or Flax seed Oil
1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp honey

Cheese:
Top with either Feta or Blue cheese

Cous cous with Aubergine and Blue Cheese

Cous cous is a great form of pasta...mainly because it cooks in 5 minutes flat. Moreover, I am always looking for recipes that include some mint since I have a mint plant and I need to use it often, else it will wither. This is a nice light meal in itself, or a good side dish for some grill.

About half a cup of cous cous (pour some boiling water in it, and after 5 minutes...Voila!)

1 large Aubergine cut in thin slices

1 Onion, chopped

Handful of mint

Some Blue Cheese

Salt and Pepper to taste

Oil (preferably olive)

Juice of 1 lemon

Firstly, grill the aubergine slices and season with salt/pepper. This is the most time consuming part, but make sure it is cooked evenly on both sides. The cut the pieces in quarters.

The cous cous is cooked by just the boiling water. Use a fork to fluff it and separate the grains as much as possible.

Then comes the best part...you simply put in all the ingredients (including a dash of olive oil) together and mix. Add and subtract the quantity of the ingredients as you prefer. I like more of veggies than cous cous.