Summer Salads and soup inspiration needed

[RubySlippers]

does anyone have any yummy summer recipes?

soups/salads/light meals

i always do the same things - grilled/barbequeued salmon, chicken etc

i would like to make home made gazpacho (i think) or maybe another sort of summery soup

all recipes/tips and ideas gratefully received

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rooooooooooooooby ! you need to do gazpacho

it is fab, will email my receipt and summer minestrone. and seafood risotto . and tuna nicoise. courgette & halloumi. beef & veg kebabs.

LOLOL!

i have mints on hand ... is that made with cold roast beef?

We regularly have watercress soup with crusty bread
Fahitas
Grilled sardines
Couscous
cajun chicken with coleslaw
bacon, avocado and potato salad

plus bog stndard bbq fayre

lulu - is the gazpacho easy?

risotto - that has cheese in? You have met my DH haven't you?!

watercress soup - oooh

is that loads of watercress, onion, potato and stock? can you serve it cold?

no cheese in seafood risotto yuk

dead easy

and pea and mint soup.

and no cheese in seafood risotto ! bleargh

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Puy lentil salad is my current fave and I am also loving roasted butternut squash with pine nuts and spinach.

As for soups, other cold soups include ajo blanco, which is spanish chilled almond soup, chilled asparagus soup and there is a Greek chilled avocado soupe called something like avgolemono which is great too.

carmenere, as you are such a foody, i wonder if you have read the M F K Fisher books?

carmenere - the almond soup sounds divine

do you have to roast or blanch the almonds first?

and of course there is no cheese in seafood risotto

I LOVE M K Fisher

oh thank god !! i love her sooooooooooooo much

am re -reading an anthology of her books that my grandma gave to me about 20 years ago.. it is falling to bits. and i love it. i want to be her. and lvie her life . and eat liek her

she makes me swoooooon.

who is M K Fisher?

anyone, come and heeeeeeeeeelp me and tell me how to make divine almond soup

Here is Delias ajo blanco recipe

Lulu have you read Honey from a Weed by Paitence Grey? It is my all time favourite food book.

thank you very much Carmenere

i havent , but i shall see if i can get hold of a copy

evening bump for the dinner crowd

see my bargaintastic M&S thread!

tuna steaks with greens

marinate lamb steaks or beef in lots and lots of crushed garlic, soy sauce, sugar, salt, honey and olive oil, absolutely gorgeous

link please lulu!

tuna steak