Peach, tomato & caper salad

The beach is calling. Here's an easy lazy summer salad for the salty air

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It’s midsummer, and I was going to start by telling you about my wilting garden but I’ve been instantly distracted by the word ‘midsummer’ which is just so wholesomely romantic and makes me think of rippling fields of dry grass and apple trees and jazz and late, warm, still nights.

Lately, I’ve been reading - and giving - a lot of advice about taking things easy in January. Notice I didn’t say I’ve been taking any of this advice. Turns out it’s much easier to read and give advice than actually apply any of it to your own life. Still, starting now, I’m going to try to practice what I preach:

This is an easy recipe.

It is not fancy or complicated. It doesn’t battle the slumberous heat; it works precisely because we’re in the throes of summer, with meaty, fresh tomatoes, peppery rocket and peaches so obnoxiously juicy it’s almost inappropriate.

This is the salad to make after a day at the beach. It’s the salad to slap on a plate next to a piece of white fish fried in garlic butter, or a slab of halloumi straight off the grill. It’s unfussy, it’s relaxed. It’s minimum effort and maximum gain, which - I think - is what I’d like 2024 to be all about.

Peach, tomato & caper salad

Serves 4