Arugula salad with walnuts

Rucola or Arugula is peppery and strong flavored leafy green and tastes divine with walnuts and cantaloupe/muskmelon.

For dressing

Apple cider vinegar : 1 tbsp

Olive oil : 2 tbsp

Orange zest : 1/2 tsp

Orange juice : 1 tsp

Honey : 1 tsp 

Salt : to taste

Pepper : a pinch

Baby arugula leaves : 1 cup

Roasted walnuts : fistful (you can use any nuts)

Cantaloupe/Musk melon : 1/4 melon (cut in cubes) 

Dry grapes/ dry berries. : few

Goat cheese/parmesan/mozarella

Method

Whisk the dressing until well combined.

In a large bowl combine the ingredients and toss the dressing. Sprinkle any cheese of your choice and serve.

Greek salad

This is the salad I love most and cant stop eating. Veggies can be tasty sometime...

Dressing

Olive oil : 6 tbsps
Lemon juice : 1 tbsp
Red wine vinegar : 2 tbsps
Garlic cloves : 2 nos (minced)
Dried oregano : 1 tsp
Salt : to taste
Sugar : 1 tsp

Veggies

Lettuce : 1/4 lettuce
Ripe tomato : 1 nos (sliced)
Cherry tomatoes : 6-8 nos (cut in half)
Cucumber : 1 no (peeled, halved and thinly sliced)
Feta : 3/4 cup (cubes/ crumbles)
Black olives (seedless) : 1/2 cup (cut in half
Red onion ; 1 medium ( halved and sliced)
Green pepper/Capsicum : 1 medium (sliced)

Method

Whisk the dressing and adjust seasoning.

Combine all the veggies and toss in the dressing (use as required) in a large bowl. Add cheese over and serve.

Refrigerate the excess dressing in a bottle for later use.

Tomato soup

My dinner tonight... very simple and flavorful

Ingredients

Tomatoes : 5 medium sized (ripe tomatoes)
Carrots : 2 medium
Onion : 1 small
Garlic : 1
Sugar : 1 teaspoon
Salt : 1/2 teaspoon (adjust to taste)
Pepper : adjust to taste
Oil : 1 teaspoon

Procedure

Finely chop garlic, chop onion, carrots and tomatoes. In a vessel add oil add garlic fry for 1 min, then add onions and carrots cook for 5 mins, then add tomatoes cook for 10 mins on a medium flame. Add 750 ml water bring it to boil and reduce the flame, boil for 20 min. Remove from flame add sugar and blend it smoothly. You can add little water if you need a thinner soup. Add salt and pepper, garnish with little cream.

TIP: I used my hand blender to blend the soup. If you are using a normal blender with lid then cool the soup and reheat it on a low flame for 5 mins after blending.