Warm salad of griddled courgettes, fennel, goat’s cheese and bacon

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Hands on time 15 mins, plus 10 mins cooking time
  • Difficulty: easy

This attractive summer salad recipe is low in calories and ready in under half an hour.

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Ingredients

  • 3 large courgettes, sliced into long strips (or use a vegetable peeler)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp fennel seeds
  • 150g streaky bacon, chopped
  • 1 large fennel bulb, finely sliced
  • 200g soft goat’s cheese, crumbled
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
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Method

  1. Toss the courgettes in a bowl with the olive oil and fennel seeds and leave for 10 minutes. Heat a griddle pan and cook the courgettes for a few minutes each side until tender.
  2. Meanwhile, in a frying pan, dry-fry the bacon until crispy, then drain on kitchen paper. Place the fennel in a large bowl and mix with the warm courgettes, bacon and goat’s cheese.
  3. Mix the lemon juice with the extra-virgin olive oil, season and drizzle over the salad. Serve the salad with crusty fresh bread.
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Nutrition

  • 412kcals Calories
  • 36.6g (14.1g saturated) Fat
  • 19.4g Protein
  • 3.3g (3g sugars) Carbs
  • 2g Salt

Quick wins & tips

To make this salad vegetarian, leave out the bacon.

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