I love winter food. I also love salads. Not the lettuce, cucumber, tomato variety. A REAL salad. With hearty veggies, some meat, usually a bit of cheese. Often some nuts. The sort of salad that fills you up so you’re not screeching for chocolate at 3pm. Not that there is anything wrong with that…
I also love leftovers. I always have. Ever since I lived on my own I’ve always cooked far more food than can possibly be eaten in one sitting. Even when I’m really hungry. Or greedy. Or hormonal.
This salad is the perfect combo of leftovers – roast veg – and meat and cheese. I pulled it together in under 10 minutes for a super-easy lunch. I might even use the leftover lamb and have it again for dinner 🙂
Or I might even have to make a roast lamb with all the trimmings for dinner one night soon so I can have this for lunch again. Now there’s an idea.
A gorgeous winter salad that makes a quick lunch using leftover roast veggies.
What you need
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 200g lamb fillet, at room temperature
- 120g haloumi, sliced into 4
- Leftover roast veggies - I used pumpkin, fennel and red capsicum, but you can use whatever you have
- Handful of green leafy stuff - I used baby spinach and rocket
- A few thin slices of red onion
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbs of pomegranate seeds (optional)
What you do
- Take the leftover roast veggies out of the fridge and bring to room temperature (or roast a few if you need to).
- Heat a frypan for the lamb, to medium high, using 1 tbs of olive oil. Rub salt and pepper into the lamb and fry for about 2-3 minutes on each side. Cooking time depends on thickness of the lamb, and how well cooked you like it. Once the lamb is cooked let it rest on a chopping board for a few minutes before slicing it.
- Heat another frypan and cook the haloumi. It takes about 1-2 minutes on each side once the pan is hot. You want it to be golden on the outside. Once cooked, cut into squares - either 4 or 6 per slice.
- To assemble the salad, add the leafy greens, roast veggies and red onion to a large bowl. Add the cooked lamb and haloumi. Divide between two plates, sprinkle the pomegranate seeds over the top of each plate and drizzle with the remaining 1tbs of olive oil.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
For a vegetarian option, leave out the lamb and add extra haloumi. This would be equally good with leftover roast lamb.
Michelle says
Love the new blog Mel! Very cool. OMG that winter lamb salad looks awesome – J shouldn’t complain that it’s a salad with green things if there’s lamb in there. And I just love haloumi… which I only discovered last year, believe it or don’t!
Mel says
Hehehe – let me know what J thinks – it’s a sensational salad.
Lizzy (Good Things) says
Love your new site, Mel… and that recipe is a beauty. Love haloumi!
Mel says
Thanks Lizzy, it’s a goodie! And yes, I love haloumi too 🙂