I have not forgotten the classic “slice of ham, pickled beetroot, coleslaw, and inexplicable spring onion” sunny day salads of my childhood, but I have forgiven them.
Sure, they seemed a bit chaotic at the time. But now I’m a full-grown adult in a blistering heatwave, cooking is the last thing on my mind, and I’ve been slapping together “girl dinner” concoctions of my own.
Nonetheless, I’m getting bored with endless butterhead lettuce and variously processed eggs. With the hot weather expected to last until at least the end of the working week, I preused Reddit’s r/EatCheapAndHealthy an...


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