Low-GL Lunch: Root vegetable and goat's cheese salad

serves 2

200g root vegetables, coarsely grated (sweet potatoes, swedes or parsnips, celeriac and carrot)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon black mustard seeds
30g walnut pieces
25g raisins
100g hard goat's cheese, cubed
sesame oil, to drizzle
1-2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander

Place the grated vegetables in a large bowl. Heat the oil in a small pan and when hot add the black mustard seeds. when the seeds start to pop, pour them over the vegetables. Stir in the walnuts, raisins and goat's cheese. Drizzle with sesame oil and sprinkle over the coriander.


Serve with a chunk of soda bread or a spoonful of couscous.