Halloumi pesto green salad
Quick, simple and fresh green salad, made of lettuce, cucumber, herbs and avocado drizzled with a basil and parsley pesto, topped with salty halloumi.
SERVES: 4 | PREP & COOK: 20min
Ingredients
2 x 250g pack halloumi, sliced into 2cm pieces
Salad
2 cucumbers, diced
2 little gem lettuce
2 avocados
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tbsp olive oil
Pesto
2 tbsp walnuts
2 tbsp parmesan
Pinch salt and pepper
Small bunch of basil and parsley, leaves only
100ml olive oil
1 garlic clove, peeled
Juice of 1 lemon
Method
Mix all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl together.
To make the pesto, put all the pesto ingredients in a blender and blitz until smooth.
Heat a large frying pan over a medium to high heat. Place the sliced halloumi in the pan and cook for 3 minutes each side or until nicely charred.
Serve the salad drizzled with the pesto and topped with the halloumi.