Father’s Day in my family is always about the food, we don’t go crazy on gifts. Instead we like to share a nice meal together, and this year I opted to cook for my family (with the help of my lovely boyfriend). So there’s two posts today, the main and the side. I opted for a lovely leafy salad to go on the side of a pasta dish I made and it worked perfectly. Crunch from the fennel, sweetness from the grapes and a little bit of indulgence from some Danish feta.

This is a wonderful salad which I semi recreated based on a version one of my girlfriends made earlier in the year – I had been hanging out for an opportunity to recreate it. I love it because its simple, yet has so much flavour and it was perfect with the Duck Ragu that it sat alongside.

Serves 5 as a side salad

The List:

1 bag of washed rocket

1 handful of baby spinach leaves, washed

1/4 bulb of fennel, finely sliced

1 large handful of seedless green grapes, halved

100g Danish feta

1/2 lemon

3 Tbs olive oil

Cracked black pepper

 

The Method:

1. Into a large bowl arrange the rocket and spinach leaves
2. Evenly layer on the grapes, fennel and crumble over the feta
3. Just before serving, squeeze over the lemon, drizzle on the olive oil and season with black pepper

Enjoy!