
Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad
After starting yesterday’s post with a little bit of karma it seemed the whole day was full of it.
It wasn’t too far away but far enough for it to be annoying. I’m talking about the distance between my car and the trolley return bay.
There was an older gentleman waiting for my car park. He got out of his car and offered to take my trolley back for me. It was so sweet. Thank you kind man.
What I also forgot to mention yesterday was that on Friday I took Will’s watch to be fixed. I left it with the lovely man at Mister Minit (Toombul) and after a whiz around the shops it was fixed. The best part was he charged me nothing.
Will had been quoted $30 by someone in the city. It seems we were re-payed for the stolen Woolies voucher after all. Thank you kind man at Mister Minit.
I often read a few articles on Mamamia while I’m eating my lunch and yesterday I came across 21 pictures that will restore your faith in humanity. If those guys don’t deserve good karma then no one does. I challenge you to read it without a tear in your eye.

Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad
My faith in humanity has been temporarily restored.
Our lovely friends invited us to lunch last Sunday and I was asked to bring salad. I’m not much of a salad eater or maker, I much prefer vegetables, so I compromised with a vegetable salad.
It’s light and healthy and had a nice zesty dressing which puts it in the salad family (in my books). You could use green beans instead of broccolini, or a combination of the two. The best part is, it only takes about 10 minutes to throw together.

The ingredients
You don’t need much to throw together this salad.

Ready for blanching
Prepare the broccolini by cutting off the tough ends and separating out any big stalks into smaller sections then put them in a colander.

Hot hot hot
There’s an easy cheat’s way to blanch vegetables and you know if an easy way exists I’ll take it. My method is to put the veges in a colander (make sure it’s heat-resistant) then pour boiling water on them until they are a vibrant green.
It helps that my kitchen tap is so hot it can turn veges bright green in no time.
Once they’re the right colour and have the right degree of crunch, run them under cold water to stop them cooking any further.
The other method is to put the veges in a dish and cover them with boiling water. When they’re ready, transfer them to another dish full of cold water and ice.

Step one
Lay the broccolini out on a serving platter. You don’t have to be quite so precise about the presentation. I got a little bit OCD with making it look pretty on the platter.

Step two
Scatter the crumbled feta over the top. It doesn’t really matter what type of feta you use. I used a marinated feta from Barambah Organics. If you haven’t tried it before I highly recommend it.

Step three and four
Make up the dressing by whisking the lemon juice, olive oil, honey, salt and pepper together. The amount of salt and pepper you use is up to you.
Scatter the roasted pecans over the top of the salad and then dress it up with the dressing.

Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad
Serve it with a nice piece of steak (or whatever you like!). Enjoy!
So what about you? Have you witness or been the recipient of any random acts of kindness recently?

Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad
Serves 6 as a side dish
Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad
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Claire, this looks like a winner, my kids would love this. Now I just have to rob bank for the broccolini – it’s ridiculously expensive here but I think your salad would make it worth it!
It’s actually not that cheap here either. I got two bunches at the markets for $5 but it’s normally more than $3 for a bunch.
Promised my family I would do lots of vegies tomorrow after all the bread and meat cookery over weekend. I’m never going to loose weight otherwise….
Then this is perfect Corrie!
I love reading stories like that and RAOK ones too. I still think that people are wonderful, there are just some turds that spoil it for the rest :P
There really are. We focus too much on the random bad few people… need to focus more on all the wonderful people!
Beautiful salad! I love Barambah products and I would love this salad. The crunch of the nuts does it for me.
Thanks Maureen!
I’m so glad some good things have happened since the robbery. And what a pretty looking salad. You’ve done the broccolini perfectly as it is still so vibrantly green. I love that feta. I think they make yoghurt too and I’ve bought it quite a few times and it’s very good. xx
Thanks Charlie. How good is the feta? I don’t know if I’ve tried the yoghurt before. I’ll just have to get it again!
The owner of the bakery where I go regularly for lunch will give me two of whatever slice or biscuit I order along with my usual sandwich (I don’t order them more than once or twice per month). It’s not much but it makes me smile every time.
That’s so sweet (hehe literally!).