Attempt at Some salad!!!

Me and Anushka have always been salad freaks. We love the greens and the leaves on the plate.

If I have nothing planned to do, then I just make a salad – so, you see me either doing either of this – cutting in cubes, dicing, slicing in juliennes, peeling.. then either serving it with basic seasoning of salt and pepper or a dash of vinegar at times or honey or olive oil or just some mixture of the above.

Yesterday, I made something and can’t figure what I should call it. Anushka lives by the rules and would never suggest mixing a warm and a cold salad. For me, it’s what the heck???

SO, I call it – “Tomato salsa on a bed of sautéed spinach"

Ingredients              

Tomatoes	2 small	Diced very finely
Onions	2 small	Diced vertically
Spinach	10 sprigs	Blanched
Available herb	½ tbspn	I used rosemary; u can use thyme or oregano
Onions	2	Finely chopped
Tomato	1	Finely chopped
Olive oli	1 tbpsn
Cumin	1 tspn
Salt	To taste
Pepper	To taste
Carrots	Some long juliennes	For garinsh

Method

1.    Blanch the spinach – put the spinach in boiling hot water for not more than a minute. Remove and it straight goes in refrigerated cold water

2.    Remove from the water and cut it finely. Keep aside

3.    In a frying pan, sauté the cumin and onions over 1 tbspn of olive oil. Add the blanched cut spinach and keep stirring for few minutes. Add salt and pepper. Keep aside to rest

4.    In a separate bowl, combine the diced tomatoes, rosemary, salt and pepper and keep aside (haven’t put onions in this; although I would have loved to use the green part of spring onions)

5.    In a serving bowl, layer the bottom with the sautéed spinach, lay the carrots to stand on the side and put the salsa tomato in the centre of the bowl

6.    Serve!!!

I enjoyed making it! loved eating it!! Bon appétit!!!