A Taste of the Sea

Hubby and I had a big shopping day yesterday (checking out large appliances for our new kitchen) so we decided to have lunch out and stopped at a food pub in Exeter ... what a disaster!  Yes, it was edible (just) but that's about the best you could say for it.  Definitely NOT one to visit again.

So ... to give our bodies a nice light, healthy treat after subjecting them to rubbish food at lunchtime, we made a lovely mixed seafood salad for tea last night.  Not everybody's "cup of tea", I'm sure, but we absolutely loved it ... not only did it taste delicious and feel quite "virtuous", it also reminded us both of our childhoods by the sea!

Making use of our brand new salad spinner (£14.99 from Argos) to dry off the lettuce and rocket, we constructed a basic green salad, adding chopped cucumber and herbs, quartered tomatoes and a lovely dressing made with  olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, honey, salt & pepper and herbs (fresh parsley, thyme, basil, coriander and dried mint).  We topped this off with hard-boiled eggs, tinned tuna (caught by by rod and line, of course!!) and a pack of mixed seafood (prawns, mussels and squid rings).  With a few sliced olives and some lemon wedges, this made a deliciously light supper ... although we did also have a bit of french baguette with taramasalata on the side!!

Absolutely gorgeous!