In collaboration with Portmeirion.
Summer Strawberry & Peach Lentil Salad for a simple and quick idea for lunch, a side dish or an easy portable idea to take along to a sunny picnic. This chopped salad is full of the flavours of summer with the sweet and juicy strawberries and peaches balanced with the rustic and hearty green lentils.
Last week I took my little boy strawberry picking with his Nana and Grandad at the local pick your own to gather up some of the early summer strawberries that had ripened because of the sunny spell that we had in the UK a few weeks ago. I love that we have this just on our doorstep, one of the loveliest things about living in the countryside is the scale of the amount of fresh local produce that’s available to us. Plus, I think it’s always nice to teach little ones that your food doesn’t come in pre-wrapped packaging and show them where it actually comes from whenever possible.
We did well and picked quite a large punnet of strawberries which Aiden was eager to get home to eat with some chocolate ice cream. I think when it comes to strawberries we often think about creating something sweet with them like my No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Parfait or Chocolate Covered Strawberry Sundae, but they are great in savoury dishes too. One way to use up our stash was to make a simple chopped summery salad with lots of fresh ingredients and it looks so pretty served in my Botanic Garden Salad Bowl.
This year would be the 100th birthday (June 6) of Susan Williams-Ellis the founder of Portmeirion pottery and the women who inspired the iconic Botanic Garden range which has been synonymous with the brand since its inception. The beautiful floral designs are perfect for serving your summer creations to any guests at BBQs and garden parties. Some of my favourite pieces from the range include the lasagne dish, oil and vinegar bottles (shown above) and, oval nesting bowls.
Summer Strawberry & Peach Lentil Salad for a simple and quick idea for lunch, a side dish or an easy portable idea to take along to a sunny picnic. This chopped salad is full of the flavours of summer with the sweet and juicy strawberries and peaches balanced with the rustic and hearty green lentils.
- 1 bag Mixed salad leaves
- 100 g strawberries (halved)
- 2 fresh peaches (chopped)
- 1 tin of green lentils (water drained)
- 1 carrot (sliced)
- 1/2 cucumber (sliced)
- salad dressing of your choice
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Prepare all of the fruit and vegetables and mix together with the green lentils and salad leaves in a large bowl.
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Pour over your favourite salad dressing before serving. Enjoy!
If you do make my Summer Strawberry & Peach Lentil Salad I’d love it if you could share the love on social media tagging @celery_cupcakes or using the hashtag #celeryandcupcakes.
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WOW this salad is simply perfect! So colorful and just what I’d wanna eat on hot summer days!
YES! It makes a lovely summer days lunch.
I was just thinking what a lovely bowl and of course a lovely salad too. I am almost eating my body weight in berries right now. I do so love berry season. We haven’t picked our own yet, I must make time to do that. Sharing!
The bowl is beautiful, I love the floral designs of this range. Berries are the best right now aren’t they!
I love the freshness and beauty of this salad! It is something that would make you feel good by just looking at it! I’m sure it tasted wonderful. A great combination of ingredients.
Thank you Shelby. I really enjoyed it and got some lovely comments on it from friends.
Strawberry is a favorite her and you sure made a very refreshing salad . This sounds like the perfect brunch for tomorrow’s family gathering. I need to get everything to make this.
Thank you! I hope you liked it!! 🙂
I totally agree with you! Strawberries are great in savory dishes. I also use them in salad, like you but haven’t tried adding lentils in yet. Will give it a go!
The lentils make the salad a lot more satisfying as a lunch. So hearty!
This looks delicious – I love lentils in salad! I cant say I often add strawberries to salads but I will definitey be giving this a try 🙂
I have to admit I am not a fan of fruit in salads but this looks so vibrant! A really nice healthy option for the warmer weather.
OMG love how beautiful and colourful your summer salad looks, I could eat this everyday and its so healthy too
Thank you! I love colourful food.
This is so cute! I’ve never used edible flowers and I am desperate to try.
I love the mix of strawberries in the salad too. I bet it tasted great.
Oh, they add a lovely pop of colour and taste great too.
Strawberry picking is something I really must do with the kids. The salad looks delish too
It’s so much fun. They will love it!
What a beautiful salad with those flowers in it, and that salad bowl is stunning! I do love the Portmeiron range.
It’s such a stunning range, isn’t it? I’m loving all the floral patterns on this salad bowl.
Peach and strawberry seem to be key food trends. This looks very pretty and makes a nice starter with homemade bread x
Ohh yes, some lovely sourdough or something.
I’d never have thought to add strawberries and fruit to a salad but it looks lovely x
They add such a lovely sweetness. Thank you!
I absolutely adore lentils so this is so interesting to me, a combination I haven’t considered before, it looks delicious.
Thanks so much!
This is just perfect for summer. A yummy salad with my favourite thing to eat in summer – Strawberries
They’re my favourite too!
It looks very colourful and pretty and we love adding strawberries to salad – never tried peach though!
Thank you! The peaches are so juicy and work so well with the strawberries.
This looks like a dish you would find in a pretty flower cafe in London but a much better and sizeable portion. I love the inclusion of the edible flowers and the contrast between the peach and the lentils. Delicious.
Thank you! Ha, I do like my big portions.
What a beautiful combination of flavours. It looks absolutely amazing as well, loving the added flower touch as well x
Thanks! The flowers really make it pop.
What a tasty dish this is! I love salads in the summer so will have to give this a try
Thank you! I really hope you like it.
such a nice idea of things to do with strawberries! We have a punnet we bought yesterday actually so you’ve given me some inspiration! x
Ooh, I hope you like it if you give it a try.
It looks delicious and so pretty! We’re going strawberry picking ourselves today so it’s great to have some new ideas.
Oh, fab! I hope you enjoyed picking your own. So much fun!