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Home » Recipes » Dinner Recipes » Marinated zucchini, goat’s cheese & pine nut salad

Marinated zucchini, goat’s cheese & pine nut salad

July 3, 2014 by Alida Ryder 16 Comments

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Marinated zucchini salad with goat's cheese and pine nuts

If I started a fan page for Zucchini on Facebook, would you join me? Because really, I have some serious fangirl love for this simple vegetable. I like it in pretty much everything but this way of grilling and marinating it is by far my favourite. Grilling vegetables in general is a great idea as it adds lovely smoky, savouriness. Pair this with a zesty, garlicky marinade and you’re in your way to some serious deliciousness.

Marinated zucchini salad with goat's cheese and pine nuts

I often serve zucchini this way on its own but my favourite way of using grilled and marinated zucchini is by putting it in a salad made of baby leaves (rocket, watercress, lettuce, spinach), soft goat’s cheese and toasted pine nuts. The marinade then gets used as a dressing and you guys, this salad rocks my world. I’ll have a big bowl of it for lunch or serve it alongside lamb chops or grilled chicken for dinner. It’s filling, low carb and absolutely mouth-watering.

Marinated zucchini salad with goat's cheese and pine nuts

Marinated zucchini salad with goat's cheese and pine nuts

Marinated zucchini, goat's cheese & pine nut salad

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Course: Low Carb, Salad, Vegetarian
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 2 -4
Author: Alida Ryder

Ingredients

  • 3 large zucchini sliced into thin slices

for the marinade

  • juice and zest of 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove crushed
  • salt & pepper to taste

for the salad

  • 100 g soft goat's cheese I used Chevin
  • baby lettuce leaves
  • 50 g pine nuts toasted
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped chillies

Instructions

  • Heat a griddle pan until hot.
  • Grill the zucchini until just cooked then remove and set aside.
  • Make the marinade by stirring together all the ingredients. Pour over the zucchini and allow to marinade for at least 20 minutes and up to 24 hours (in the fridge).
  • To assemble the salad, place the grilled zucchini on top of a bed of baby lettuce leave and top with crumbled goat's cheese, toasted almonds and chopped chillies.
  • Pour over a little of the marinade and serve.

 

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Filed Under: Dinner Recipes, Lunch, Recipes, Salads & Starters, Vegetarian Tagged With: courgette salad, low carb, low carb recipes, marinated courgette, marinated zucchini, Salad, salad recipes, zucchini salad

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  1. Christina Stone

    April 11, 2015 at 7:30 PM

    This was good. My husband who was whining about having to eat zucchini admitted that it had interesting flavors and was good. Ha. Score 1 for zucchini!

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    • Alida Ryder

      April 20, 2015 at 9:41 AM

      Yay! 🙂 So glad you liked it Christina.

      Reply
  2. cadia

    July 3, 2014 at 8:51 PM

    Ohhh my. When I saw this today I knew immediately that I was having this tonight. I was a little sceptical because my dad likes his food more on the traditional side but I thought “screw it, if he doesn’t like it then more for me, yay”. But man it was such a hit! The bowl was pretty much polished as every morsel was devoured by the three of us. Thank you for these lovely recipes! You really are amazing!

    Reply
    • Alida Ryder

      July 3, 2014 at 9:18 PM

      I’m so pleased you all liked it. Thank you for your lovely comment.

      Reply
      • cadia

        April 16, 2015 at 3:38 PM

        So much time has gone by since i posted the previous comment and I still make this salad all the time. Making it tonight for a friend and everyone always loves this salad. Thanks again for all the wonderful recipes!

        Reply
  3. Pang

    July 3, 2014 at 6:26 PM

    So beautiful!!! I love love love your photographs and recipe 🙂

    Reply
    • Alida Ryder

      July 3, 2014 at 9:17 PM

      Thanks lovely Pang.

      Reply
  4. Alida Ryder

    July 3, 2014 at 4:53 PM

    Jo, I’m glad you like the look of this salad!

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  5. Warm Vanilla Sugar

    July 3, 2014 at 2:51 PM

    This salad is gorgeous! Love the look of it 🙂

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    • Alida Ryder

      July 3, 2014 at 4:53 PM

      Thanks!

      Reply
  6. Warm Vanilla Sugar

    July 3, 2014 at 2:50 PM

    Such a gorgeous salad!! Love this!

    Reply
  7. Jo

    July 3, 2014 at 9:43 AM

    Sounds delicious, definitely going to give it a try. Keep up the low carb recipes – I LOVE your blog but now that I’m on this eating plan I’m running out of your recipes to cook!

    Reply

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