Improvisation: mushroomy warm salad thingummy
Various leftovers needing to be used up within the next day or so (for one person):
Mushrooms
A small leek
Handful of green beans
Half an onion
Mixed salad leaves
End of a loaf of granary bread
So: slice and saute together the mushrooms, leek, green beans and onion, with some garlic, in olive oil. (If you worry about fat and possess a usable grill, you could grill them instead.) Chop a half-inch slice of bread into (roughly) cubes and in another frying pan with just a little oil, make them into crunchy croutons. Arrange the salad leaves however you fancy them around a plate. (I also had some cherry tomatoes that I chopped in half and scattered around the edge.) Make a salad dressing of some kind, whatever you’d like really. Tonight I just mixed together olive oil with a bit of balsamic vinegar. When the vegetables are ready, dump them straight on top of the salad leaves. Then scatter the croutons over them. Finally the salad dressing goes over the top. Eat straightaway.
If I’d had any, I could have fried some bacon in with the veg. Other vegetables that would probably work: peppers, courgettes, etc. You could do cubed potatoes (parboil then saute) instead of the croutons.
