Five no-cook dinners and lunches to make when it’s too warm to use the cooker

Here are five tasty options for when you just can’t bring yourself to turn up the heat in the kitchen 

The toaster is the only heat-giving appliance included in the making of these tasty treats

The temperatures are climbing this week and while we might not have blue skies and sunshine, it’s time to break out the summer recipes for lunch and dinner.

Superfood salad

recipe by:Derval O'Rourke

Gut health is all about finding balance with fibre and probiotics and this superfood salad is stuffed with fruit, nuts and herb flavour

Servings

1

Preparation Time

 10 mins

Total Time

 10 mins

Course

 Main

Ingredients

• small bowl of cooked quinoa

• 1 tbsp toasted nuts (pine nuts, cashews or flaked almonds)

• portion of fruit (blueberries)

• handful of leaves or raw vegetables (baby spinach)

• 3 tbsp olive oil

• handful of fresh herbs (basil or mint)

• 2 tbsp mixed seeds (pumpkin, sunflower)

• pinch of salt

• 1 tbsp Greek yoghurt to garnish

Method

1. Place all of the ingredients in a serving bowl, except for the Greek yoghurt and mix well.

2. Garnish with the Greek yoghurt and serve.