Fresh spelt salad with tuna and capers

Tasty, quick recipe, ideal for the summer but also perfect for a dinner party - it contains only a handful of ingredients, but the flavour is wholesome, and it's super healthy too!

Ingredients (4 people)

12 fistfuls of spelt (easy to find in most supermarkets)
100 gr of canned tuna (in olive oil, not water or brine!, for best results)
small capers and flat-leaf parsley to taste
1 clove of peeled garlic
Extra virgin olive oil
Coarse salt (for cooking the spelt)


Cook the spelt as you would cook pasta (but longer! usually 25 minutes), in boiling salted water - follow cooking instructions on the spelt's packaging for best results.
Drain the spelt and place it in a bowl; mix it with the tuna (drained from its oil), the capers and  a mix of finely chopped parsley and garlic. Mix well with 1 and a half table spoons of good quality extra-virgin olive oil, and serve lukewarm.

Feta and chorizo super tasty salad

This recipe is inspired by a salad seen on Jamie Oliver's show -- but with some additional ingredients. Not strictly Italian (chorizo is Spanish!) but definitely mediterranean and yummy.

Ingredients

Baby spinach leaves

Plum Tomatoes

Chorizo sausage

White wine

Garlic

Shallots

Salt and pepper

feta cheese

Rough chop chorizo and fry with olive oil until golden and crispy. Meanwhile rough chop tomatoes and place in bowl. Chop the shalllots and add to tomatoes - drizzle with some olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Thinly slice garlic (2 cloves) and add to chorizo in pan, when garlic changes colour add some white wine. Add chorizo and the feta cheese (crumbled with your fingers) to tomato salad and serve!