Rocket Basil Salad

 

Ingredients:

2 cups basil leaves

3 cups rocket leaves
 

1 cup baby spinach leaves
 

½ cup good quality olives
 

Parmesan shavings
 

1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
 

2 tablespoons e.v. olive oil
 

A pinch of salt

Method:  

Combine all the ingredients making sure leaves are covered with vinegar and oil. Chill for 5 minutes in the fridge before serving. This salad is a standard basic that works beautifully on its own and takes suggestion kindly – throw in tomatoes, replace parmesan with fresh mozzarella or dot with curls of crisp bacon and chunks of avocado or stir in tinned tuna, parsley and lemon juice or prawns sautéed in nothing more complicated than butter, chili and garlic. It works, its delicious and on its own contains enough flavour to not need a complicated dressing.