Hi, this post isn't from a specific website or cooking book and can easily be adapted to your families likes and dislikes or needs. In our house, we really enjoy this sort of thing, my dad says that he loves the way you can mix and match different things and make each bite different. We added extras that aren't on the picture as we have our jars of pickles in the middle of the table, don't worry though, I will list some of my favourites in the recipe below. Although the picture shows a whole scotch egg me and mum shared half of one each as we thought they were a little large, but my dad and sister happily tucked into a whole one, so it really depends on what you like. The dietary information is based off of what I had on my plate but obviously you can make it Vegetarian or vegan or halal if you want/need to. I hope you enjoy and will use some of these ideas in the future!...
Dietary info:
- Contains Dairy {Butter &Cheese}
- No Nuts
- Contains Gluten {Bread}
- Unsuitable for Vegans
- Unsuitable for Vegetarians
- Suitable for Pescatarians
Nutritional info: {Based off of my plate with a whole scotch egg}
Calories: 1023
Sugar: 12g
Salt: 3.9g
Fat: 45.55g
Saturated Fat: 22g
Ingredients: {Serves 1, for more people just increase amounts}
- 60g of Mature Cheddar Cheese
- A few slices of red onion {If making enough salad for 4 people we used half an onion, so approximately 1/8th of an onion each. If you enjoy more onion feel free to do more though}
- A handful or two of mixed salad leaves
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 or 2 radishes
- 1 scotch egg {Or half}
- About 5cm piece of celery, {2inches}
On our plates we added;
- 2 pickled onions
- 3 cubes of roasted squash
- 2 roasted pepper slices {we roast a couple with some onions and any leftover veg at the beginning of each week to add to meals}
- 2 pickled garlic cloves
- 1 gherkin
Other ideas:
- Switch up the cheese:
*Use your favourite cheese: Blue, Edam, Red Leicester are all good
*A good dairy-free or Vegan option, you can make a
pistachio cheese ,recipe from Pinterest, I saw this and if you try it let me know how it goes. Obviously, if you already have a good alternative by all means use that!
*Try Cream cheese
*Have no cheese! To me this sounds unbelievable but with some of my best friends not liking cheese I can understand that you may not want it at all.
- Use your choice of salad:
*There are tons of different mixed salad bags available now a days why not give a new one a try? We played it safe with a simple mixed leaf salad but Supermarkets have lots of different varieties to try.
*A nice coleslaw would taste great as an addition or instead of the salad bags
*For a substitute to the tomatoes and radishes, give hummus and carrots/cucumbers/peppers a go or any dip would do
-Make it meat free:
*Obviously, if you are a Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian or aren't eating certain meats for health or religious reasons you wouldn't include the scotch egg, unless a Pescatarian, a good substitute are the
Quorn scotch eggs they are a bit smaller and not Vegan because of the egg but they do have a very similar taste
*Switch it up and use a plant-based/meat-free sausage of your choice
*Just leave it out entirely, if you don't want any meat then don't have any
*Other good protein sources include; chickpeas, falafel, nuts, tofu, various beans and pulses ect
-Make it Gluten Free
*Just switch the bread for your favourite or any gluten free breads, I'm afraid I don't buy gluten-free bread and so don't have any suggestions for good ones but I am sure they are all fabulous in their own way
-Make it dairy-free
*Look at my cheese substitutes above
*Also, just use a dairy-free spread; here's a link to some at
Sainsbury's . In the past, I've used Vitalite and that's worked well
-Make it your own, really, I will say it lots and lots whatever you don't like just substitute and switch until you have a salad you love
Method:
1: Arrange everything nicely, or not, on a plate and dig in. Serve with a glass of water or pop for a nice refreshing drink.
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