FOOD - Chop'd Salad Contest

On Wednesday I was kindly invited along to an event with Chop'd, a fab salad bar chain with a concession in Selfridges Food Hall. Myself and 6 other lovely bloggers were asked to devise a salad recipe using ingredients available on the menu. The winning salad would go on sale in Chop'd... how cool! I was feeling a bit like the underdog, all the other lovely ladies are foodie bloggers where as I am generally more about the style, but I popped my ingredients on an email regardless and hoped for the best.

See below the ingredients for my salad, I went for the things I just love to eat...

Base
Deli leaves

House
Mixed peppers
Mushroom
Caramelised onions
Sun dried tomato

Deli
Goat's cheese

Garnish
chili

Dressing
Balsamic dressing

Mine may not have been successful, but I sure enjoyed eating it. And for the winner... The Om Nom Salad which will be sold in Chop'd for 2 weeks from 12 October 2009. You can read winner Melanie's blog over at Om Nom London and see her triumphant recipe below...

Base:
Deli leaves

House Items
Caramlised onions
Spiced chickpeas
Sundried tomatoes
Olives

Deli items
Chorizo

Garnish
Chilli

Dressing
Lemon juice

Eddie, MD of Chop'd, congratulates the winner, Melanie.

I'd better get my review up over on Qype too. I'm addicted to sharing my views on anything from my local pub to the latest restaurants in town not to mention my favourite shops! I've also decided I'm a fan of a few ingredients I didn't know I was. My future salads are going to contain spiced chickpeas, seeds and lemon juice. Give it a try...