We've got six of the best summer salads for you to dig into this month, from a warm salad of courgette and goats cheese to a hot steak salad flavoured with chilli, mint and lime.
You'll find these and more great recipes and videos from Eat local Ambassador Ali Ray online.
1. Smoked trout, watercress and apple salad
Serves 4
The hot peppery tang of the watercress, the delicate smokiness of the trout and the crisp-sharp bite of the apple combine to make a simple salad that is exploding with flavour.
You can add extra vegetables to this, according to what you can get your hands on. Quartered beetroot and thinly-sliced fennel would be fantastic additions, or even just grated carrot. You can leave the potatoes out if you fancy a lighter meal.
See the full recipe here.
2. Warm salad of courgette, goats cheese and bacon
Serves 4
With June comes sun and courgettes. Good news for campers all round then. With a bit of imagination at the barbecue I've created this delicious warm courgette salad.
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See the full recipe here.
3. Griddled mustard lamb with noodle salad
Serves 2
My husband thinks a salad isn't a proper meal in itself as it is not filling enough. So here I prove him wrong with my lamb salad for salad naysayers.
This salad has perfectly grilled slices of leg steak that's been marinated in a mustard dressing, while the salad is made using filling noodles with a dressing, mixed with radishes, cucumber and onions and griddled baby gem lettuce.
See the full recipe here.
4. Hot steak salad with green beans and courgettes
Serves 2
This is an impressive summer dish both in looks and taste. It also makes a good steak go a little further.
The intense summer flavours of chilli, mint and lime really sing out from the deep savoury taste of the meat.
See the full recipe here.
5. Hot new potato salad
Serves 4
This recipe is inspired by an early season Cornish camping trip using simple local ingredients such as eggs, bacon and a few store cupboard extras. It makes a delicious lunch.
Cornish Earlies are delightful, diminutive sweet-tasting new potatoes, grown in soil fertilised with seaweed from the local Cornish beaches. A Cornish Early is a treasure of a tuber that really tastes of its place and marks the beginning of the warmer weather bringing hopes of crops to come later in the year.
See the full recipe here.
6. Welsh lamb, sweet potato and chick pea salad
Serves 4
This was made for me on a campsite by my friend and wonderful camping cook Helen Jenkins. She is married to a Welshman, and champions Welsh produce at every opportunity.
See the full recipe here.