Back to Start Salad
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TypeSalad
Serves4 people
DateOctober 21, 2026
A comforting salad with the plate as a starting point: back to square one.
A warm meal salad with potato slices and green beans arranged as a 'starting point': a large circle with an arrow looping back. The layout symbolizes confusion and having to start over, just like after a wrong diagnosis.
Ingredients
- 800 g waxy potatoes
- 400 g green beans
- 1 red onion
- 4 eggs
- 150 g cherry tomatoes
- 100 g lamb's lettuce
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 1 tsp honey
- salt and pepper
Method
- Peel the potatoes and cut into thick 1 cm slices. Boil for 10 minutes until just tender, then let cool slightly.
- Trim the green beans and boil for 6 minutes until just tender. Rinse under cold water.
- Boil the eggs for 7 minutes so the yolks are still slightly soft. Peel and halve.
- Slice the red onion into thin half rings. Halve the cherry tomatoes.
- Make a dressing from olive oil, white wine vinegar, mustard, honey, salt and pepper.
- Mix the potato slices, green beans, onion, and tomatoes with half the dressing.
- Lay the lamb's lettuce as a base on a large platter. In the center, form a circle of potato slices (the 'starting point').
- Arrange the green beans as an arrow pointing back to the circle, slightly curved. Use halved eggs as the arrowhead.
- Drizzle the remaining dressing over the salad.
Serving notes
- Serve warm for the most comforting effect.
- Place the platter in the center of the table so everyone can start from the 'beginning'.