This is a nice warm salad using sweet potatoes you might enjoy brewmonkey.
Sorry, you'll have to do the changes from metric into whatever strange measuring system y'all use...
Sweet potato and macadamia nut salad
200g orange sweet potato, peeled
1 tablespn olive oil
150g mixed lettuse leaves
50g baby english spinach
1/2 punnet cherry tomatoes (about 100g)
1 cucumber, thinly sliced
1/4 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
Dressing:
2 tablespns macadamia nut oil (or olive oil if you can't get it)
1 tablespn balsamic vinegar (again, best you can get)
1/2 tspn salt (optional)
Cut sweet potato into 1/4in slices, brush with oil and roast in hot oven for 20 mins or until tender and golden.
Place lettuce, spinach, tomatoes and cucumber in serving bowl.
Combine dressing ingrediants, drizzle over salad and toss gently.
Top with sweet potato and macadamia nuts. Serves 6.
Great salad for BBQ.
Continuing the Balsamic vinegar theme, this makes a great and quick dessert.
2-3 big punnets of strawberries
5 tablespns castor suger
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1 vanilla pod, seeds removed
400g mascapone cheese
handful of fresh mint leaves
wash strawberries and remove stalks, place in bowl, sprinkle with suger then balsamic vinegar. Stir well and marinate in fridge for up to 2 hrs.
Mix the vanilla seeds with the mascapone cheese and sweeten to taste with a little sugar.
to serve, place a big tablespoon of cheese on plate, then a heap of strawberries and some juice, then garnish with mint leaves.