OUR CHARLIE & IVY'S SUMMER SALAD TOP TIPS

At Charlie & Ivy’s we’re all about enjoying simple delicious food every day, especially throughout the Summer! The warm days and long evening are always a great opportunity to bring friends and family together. Whether picnicking, barbecuing, garden partying or al fresco dining you’ll always want a few simple salads to hand. Sometimes a simple side, or maybe the main event, check out our delicious inspiration to see you through salad season.

Our Dressings are super simple way to throw together something delicious at your next gathering. Drizzle on as a dressing or use as a marinade, each of our dressings works hard for you and has the perfect food pairing. There’s a favourite for everyone whilst entertaining this Summer.

Roasted Vegetable Salad with Halloumi - Smoked Chilli Dressing

Is it really barbecue season if you don’t have a bottle of this to hand! Our go to dressing to add a little spice. Perfect drizzled over salads, use as a barbecue marinade, or why not try drizzling over pizza straight from the pizza oven for an added kick. This recipe is an old time favourite, scale up for a big party or enjoy as a simple week night side.

Drizzle your dressing over a selection of chopped peppers, red onion, courgettes, and halloumi. We also sometimes add aubergine, fennel or cherry tomatoes. Perfect for a last min fridge raid! Roast in the oven for 30 mins and toss through with some rocket to serve. Enjoy hot or cold.

Strawberry Watercress & Pomegranate Salad with Feta - Lemon & Poppy Seed Dressing

Zingy and fresh, ideal for salads. This dressing is particularly enjoyable when teamed with fresh prawns or chicken and equally delicious when drizzled over beetroot, or indeed strawberries!

Full of fresh, fruity flavours it makes the perfect summer salad. And offers something a little different. Our Lemon & Poppy Seed Dressing gives it an extra zing. Take a punnet or two of strawberries, toss over watercress and crumbled feta. Finish with a scattering of pomegranate seeds and a drizzle of Lemon & Poppy seed Dressing.

Sesame & Soy Noodle Salad - Sesame & Soy Dressing

A simple, flavour packed dressing that’s best enjoyed when stirring through warm or cold noodles, rices and stir-fries. We also love this one as a marinade through barbecue season, great for prawns, chicken, aubergine and courgettes.

We love a cold noodle salad full of flavour and a real winner when packing up an impressive picnic. It couldn’t be simpler! Cook your noodles, and rinse under cold water. Toss together with thinly sliced sugar snap peas, carrots, peppers, spring onion and coriander and a drizzle of Sesame & Soy Dressing. Feel free to add some chicken, prawns, pork, tofu, the list goes on – we’ll leave that to you!

Sweet Potato, Lentil & Feta Cheese Salad - Mango & Chilli Dressing

A delicious flavour combination that works wonderfully drizzled over salads and particularly tasty when teamed with avocado, prawns or a crumbling of feta cheese.

Another regular salad dish for our table, this hearty salad using our Mango & Chilli Dressing is perfect as a side or main. Toss sweet potato in rapeseed oil and roast until tender. Leave to cool and mix with cooked green lentils, feta cheese, rocket and a drizzle of our Mango & Chilli Dressing, simple!

Fruity Beetroot Salad - Beetroot & Raspberry Dressing

A sweet and fruity dressing that hits the spot when teamed with goat's cheese and it's surprisingly delicious with leftover lamb.

For us this dressing works well through a simple fruity salad. Enjoy it over a bowl of thinly sliced beetroot, orange segments, baby leaves and pine nuts. Try crumbling in a little goats cheese too.

Honey & Mustard Chicken Skewers - Honey & Mustard Dressing

Combining the best of British, our own cold pressed rapeseed oil, British honey and British produced mustard. Delicious on salads (no brainer!), cold meats, and a perfect marinade for those barbecue get-togethers. Proving our Dressings are not just for salads!

Use our Honey & Mustard Dressing as a tasty marinade to hit the spot this Summer, these skewers are oh so simple, and perfect to pop onto the barbecue. Cube chicken breasts into bite sized pieces, pop in a bowl along with a good covering of Charlie & Ivy’s Honey & Mustard Dressing and leave to marinade in the fridge. Then simply pop onto skewers and barbecue, tasty!

Just one last thing before you head outdoors, all our Dressings are suitable for vegetarians, and gluten free (except for our Sesame & Soy Dressing – sorry about that one!)