Garlic Scape Pesto

Ingredients

  • 1 large bunch garlic scapes (or green onions)
  • 1 bunch parsley
  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 6 leaves fresh basil and mint
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • ½ cup avocado, almond or grapeseed oil
  • 2 tblspn mirin (optional)
  • ¼ cup good wine vinegar, or a type you love and prefer
  • 1 lemon, topped and tailed, halved and quartered
  • 1 whole bulb garlic, peeled into cloves
  • ½ cup almonds
  • Salt and pepper
  • Pinch chili flakes
  • 1 large deep mason jar

Minted Keto Caulitato Salad with blue cheese and snow peas

I love mint in vegetables. It adds zing and summer lightness! Today, we are in the grips of a scary heatwave, salad and leftovers was all we could muster up. Snap peas, dill cucumber pickles and boiled eggs make up this cauliflower “potato” salad. Eaten warm after just assembling is absolutely advised!

Summary: have some eggs boiled and peeled, even if you do them a day ahead. Then we’ll be steaming a head of cauliflower, making the dressing and prepping the veggies and herbs that we layer in. Make sure you have either blue or feta cheese to top with. Or none, if you prefer! I like blue cheese as you don’t need much and it packs in a lot of flavour.

Let’s go!

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