Summer Bank Holiday Peach, Corn & Butter Bean Picnic Salad
This is bank-holiday food built for a rug on the grass rather than a hot kitchen. Juicy peaches, sweet corn, butter beans and cucumber make it generous without feeling heavy, while lemon, herbs and pumpkin seeds keep it fresh. There is no mayo or soft dairy, so it travels well in a chilled box and still looks cheerful when you unpack it.
Ingredients
Tick the store-cupboard items you would like, then add them to your basket in one tap.
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Choose a product for cooked butter beans (from dried) - we add the cheapest by default.
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Choose a product for pumpkin seeds - we add the cheapest by default.
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Local shop3 ripe peaches, stoned and sliced
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Local shop2 corn cobs, kernels sliced off
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Local shop1/2 cucumber, diced
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Local shop1 red pepper, diced
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Local shop4 spring onions, sliced
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Local shop1 small bunch flat-leaf parsley and mint, chopped
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Local shop1 lemon, zested and juiced
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Local shopto taste salt and black pepper
Ticked items go to your Lean & Healthy basket. Fresh items like onions and herbs are best picked up from your local shop.
Method
Serves 4 · about 24 minutes from start to finish.
Warm a dry frying pan and char the corn kernels for 5-6 minutes until patched with gold. Tip them onto a plate to cool.
Whisk the olive oil with the lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and black pepper in a large bowl.
Add the butter beans, cucumber, red pepper, spring onions and cooled corn. Toss until everything is glossy.
Fold through the peach slices and chopped herbs gently so the fruit keeps its shape.
Toast the pumpkin seeds in the dry pan for 2 minutes, then scatter them over the salad just before serving.
Pack in a lidded container with an ice pack and eat within 3 hours of leaving the fridge.
Nutrition
Estimated per serving
Cook's tip
Keep the pumpkin seeds in a separate tub until you serve so they stay crisp, especially if the salad is travelling.
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