Our courgette salad really makes the most of delicious seasonal courgettes in this tasty, flavoursome courgette side dish.
Our courgette salad is packed to bursting with flavour, simple to throw together and great alongside pasta, chicken or fish.
This is one of my favourite things to do with courgette and I can’t help but love the prettiness of this salad – it looks almost too good to eat!
It’s always good to have some recipes with courgette, especially if you grow them in the garden because by summer you could have simply loads to use up!
Courgette salad ingredients
For the courgette salad…
- 2 courgettes – sliced
- 1 tbs of olive oil
- 4 handfuls of rocket or baby herb salad leaves
- 6 radish – sliced
- handful of mint leaves – finely chopped
- 1 red chilli – deseeded and finely chopped
For the courgette salad dressing…
- 1 tbs Balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
- pinch sea salt
- pinch cracked black pepper
How to make courgette salad
- Add a splash of olive oil – to a frying pan and gently cook the courgettes until charring.
- Remove from the pan – onto a paper towel, to drain any excess oil and leave to cool for a few minutes
- Throw together the salad – by mixing salad leaves and radishes on a platter.
- Scatter over the courgettes – then sprinkle over the mint and chilli.
- Mix up the dressing – by whisking together the dressing ingredients with a fork.
- Drizzle over the salad just before serving.
Make Courgette Salad your way
Take our courgette side dish as a basic recipe and add your own ingredients to create your own dishes!
- Add in some baby plum tomatoes
- Scatter over toasted pine nuts
- Add in some crumbled feta
How to serve Courgette Salad
- Perfect alongside pasta dishes or grilled chicken and fish
- As a lunch salad with crumbled feta and toasted pine nuts
We think you might also just LOVE our quick prawn salad recipe too!
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More recipes with courgette we think you’ll just LOVE!
- Roasted Vegetable Tarts – delicious vegetable tarts, topped with roasted vegetables and tangy feta cheese and great way to use up courgettes.
- Roasted Vegetable Couscous Salad – delicious, simple couscous salad recipe packed with lovely courgettes.
- Pesto Chicken & Summer Vegetables – a delicious summery chicken dish with pesto topped chicken served with roasted courgettes and peppers.
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Courgette Salad with Mint & Chilli
Delicious fresh salad recipe
Ingredients
- 2 courgettes - sliced
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 200g mixed salad leaves - rocket or baby herbs
- 6 radish - sliced
- handful of mint leaves - finely chopped
- 1 red chilli - deseeded and finely chopped
for the dressing
- 1 tbs Balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt
- black pepper
Instructions
- Add a splash of olive oil to a frying pan and gently cook the courgettes until charring.
- Remove from the pan onto paper towel and leave to cool for a few minutes
- Throw together the salad by mixing salad leaves and radishes on a platter.
- Scatter over the courgettes - mint and chilli.
- Mix up the dressing by whisking together the dressing ingredients with a fork.
- Drizzle over the salad just before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 273Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 669mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 4gSugar: 5gProtein: 12g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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