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With Spring around the corner, its time for fresh seasonal produce bursting with flavour. So, I decided to give a traditional Tuscan Panzanella Salad a SOUTH AFRICAN make over, with this delicious mix of flavours and texture<\/p>\n
This is so quick and easy. Don’t even bother about quantities, just toss it all together. Its savoury, sweet, juicy, crunchy, salty all at the same time.<\/p>\n
INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2714Extra Virgin Olive oil DIRECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0fFirst, make the croutons.<\/p>\n Cut bread into bite sized cubes. Toss with olive oil, garlic salt, mixed herbs and black pepper. \u27a1\ufe0fCut the tomatoes into chunks.<\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0fBlanch the tender baby asparagus for 30 seconds in boiling water.<\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0fAdd half a cup of balsamic vinegar to a saucepan, add in 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until thick and syrupy.<\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0fAssemble all the ingredients on a platter.<\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0fTear basil over the top.<\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0fSeason with cracked black pepper and sea salt.<\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0fDrizzle with extra virgin olive oil and the balsamic reduction<\/p>\n Enjoy! With Spring around the corner, its time for fresh seasonal produce bursting with flavour. So, I decided to give a traditional Tuscan Panzanella Salad a SOUTH AFRICAN make over, with this delicious mix of flavours and texture This is so quick and easy. Don’t even bother about quantities, just toss it all together. Its savoury, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[99,113],"tags":[5944],"class_list":["post-37404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","category-vegetarian","tag-salad"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chef-zana.png?fit=400%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-9Ji","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 05:22:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2714Roma tomatoes
\n\u2714Basil
\n\u2714Parmasan, cut into mini wedges
\n\u2714Baby asparagus
\n\u2714Baby spinach
\n\u2714Green pepper, cut into strips
\n\u2714Day old bread
\n\u2714Garlic salt
\n\u2714Dried Italian mixed herbs
\n\u2714Balsamic vinegar
\n\u2714Brown sugar
\n\u2714Salt
\n\u2714Black pepper
\n\u2714Marinated olives<\/p>\n
\nPop into an air fryer for 5 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius, or pre-heated oven for 10 minutes or until golden and crisp.<\/p>\n
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