Cheshire Cheese Spring Salad

This tasty citrus salad is the perfect accompaniment to any main course or the perfect pick-me-up for early Spring lunches and dinners.

Serves 1

Ingredients

• 100g Cheshire Cheese Company Traditional Cheshire Cheese
• 120g Fresh wild Rocket
• 150g cooked Quinoa, seasoned to taste
• 250g Pomegranate
• ½ cucumber, sliced and cut into quarters
• 100g Blueberries
• 400g Chickpeas
• 3 whole Carrots, cut into batons
• 3 whole Beetroot
• 2 Blood Orange
• Edible flowers to garnish
• Drizzle of Olive Oil
• ¼ teaspoon chilli powder

Method

Start by cutting the carrots into batons and adding them to a baking tray.

Drain the chickpeas and rinse and add the same baking tray.

Cut the Beetroot into quarters and add the baking sheet.

Drizzle with Olive Oil and sprinkle with chilli powder or flakes.

Cook the quinoa for around 15 to 20 minutes and season with herbs or stock and allow to cool.

Add the Rocket to a large salad bowl and add the cooked vegetables and chick peas.

Add the Blueberries, pomegranate, cucumber and quinoa.

Mix the salad.

Peel the oranges and cut them into thin slices.

Add the orange to the salad and finish by adding our crumbly Traditional Cheshire.

Enjoy!