Speedy Cobb Salad

This salad is a sure fire winner with everyone, and that includes Alex.  Yes the blue cheese dressing is a little naughty....(but makes for another man-friendly salad)...so I'm very cautious when drizzling this over my plate!

It takes under 15 minutes to prepare, and even less to devour....

This is what I used:-

Iceberg lettuce - shredded

1 avocado - sliced

Cucumber - thick chunks

Cherry tomatoes - halved

8 slices of streaky bacon

1 turkey breast sliced thinly

For the dressing:

Blue cheese + half fat sour cream + chives + parsley + squeeze of lemon + salt & pepper

Grill the streaky bacon until good and crispy, then drain on kitchen paper, dabbing any excess fat.

Season turkey slices, and griddle for about 3 minutes turning halfway. 

Any more and the turkey will go rubbery, and we certainly don't want that.

Mix the cheese, (I used St. Agor), sour cream, herbs and lemon juice. 

Have a little taste, and guage how much seasoning is needed.

Build the salad on the plates, top with turkey, crispy bacon and drizzle over the blue cheese dressing.

Serve with love...xoxo....

Club Sandwich

When Alex and I go on holiday, like most young couples, we spend an awful lot of time in our suite......So apart from the usual amenities, I do also tend to judge a hotel by their club sandwich! 

Silly perhaps, but I really do think it is the best room service meal to have when you've just woken up from a long nap, whilst still in your fluffy white robe.

So if the club sandwich is bad, I can only wonder what the rest of the room service menu is like.

After returning from one holiday where the club sandwich was particularly awful, I thought to myself it really can't be difficult, so at Alex's request, I gave it a go.

I think the most important thing to remember when making any sandwich, the cold cuts and cheese needs to be of a high quality - just because it's a sandwich for a lunch time bite, not a 3 course dinner, does not mean we need to scrimp on quality ladies!

3 slices of toast - I prefer granary, Alex prefers white

iceberg lettuce leaves - not shredded

thiny sliced tomato

1 sliced chicken or turkey breast

4 grilled streaky bacon rashers

1 slice of jarlsberg
shop bought mayo (FYI ladies - boys never notice the difference when you switch to low fat)

assemble as follows:

toast + mayo + lettuce leaf + tomato slices + bacon slices

toast + mayo + chicken + cheese + lettuce + toast

spear with four cocktail sticks

cut into quarters
I like to serve this on a piece of slate or else a nobbled, rustic chopping board.

Serve with fries.......

.........and LOVE.......