Traffic light salad

Serves:

Ingredients

• 1 red capsicum, chopped
• 1 yellow capsicum, chopped
• 1 green capsicum, chopped
• 2 Lebanese cucumber, peeled and chopped
• 250g punnet cherry tomatoes
• 100g Kalamata olives, pitted
• 200g Haloumi cheese

Dressing

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

Halve cherry tomatoes and olives. Add all vegetables to a large salad bowl.

Slice the haloumi cheese into 1cm square pieces. Heat a non-stick frypan over medium heat and cook the cheese until golden brown on all sides (I only did 3 sides asI like the two tone look!).

To make dressing, combine all ingredients in a small screw top jar and shake until well combined.

Toss dressing through salad and top with warm haloumi cubes. Serve immediately.

Notes:

• Serve this salad with barbecued meat
• The salad is very quick to prepare, so someone can be throwing it together while another is dissecting the midweek barbecue chicken special or burning the meat on the barbecue.
• Recipe created by Melissa Hughes for Kidspot.