16 Mar Welcoming Spring with a sunny salad

A spinach salad for now

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that I’m rather partial to a good salad. Now that the sun is appearing on a regular basis here on the south coast of England, the salads are appearing more regularly too. While salad posts are not my most popular ones, as people tend to expect Polish food from me, it’s one of my favourite things to eat. Spinach and egg is actually something that I ate often during my childhood in Poland and even re-launched this blog with! This salad is fresher way to enjoy this springtime combination.

Salads for self-care and sanity

In the current, mad world we find ourselves in, we all need “sanity rituals”. Something that we do on a regular basis, preferably daily, that brings good vibes into our lives. My daily sanity rituals include morning meditation, a run by the sea after school drop off, something healthy and delicious like a salad or a wrap for lunch and at least half an hour (preferably an hour) working in the garden in the afternoon. Recently, it has also started to include Spring cleaning which I wrote about in my last post. This particular salad was eaten by a freezing cold pool, which reflects the sun’s rays onto anyone sitting close by. On a sunny day, this is the place that makes you feel happy to be alive.

A recipe for Spring salad with spinach, courgette, mushrooms and a fried egg

I ate this spinach salad on a particularly warm, sunny day last week in the said, favourite spot. Out of all my recent meals, this is the one that tasted most like Spring. I made it out of all the things that came in my Riverford box and our own hen’s eggs. It was a little moment of joy that I wanted to share with you.