Chargrilled Turkish Bread Salad

Ingredients

• 125 g cream cheese (block broken into 2cm pieces)
• olive oil flavored cooking spray
• 1 garlic clove (minced)
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind (grated)
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
• 2 Turkish bread (rolls halved horizontally)
• 50 g baby rocket
• 1 avocado (sliced)
• 250 g grape tomatoes (halved)

Dressing

• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• salt and pepper (to taste)

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 200°C.

2. 2

   Place the cream cheese on a lined baking tray and spray with oil and sprinkle with garlic, lemon rind and pepper and bake for 10 minutes until lightly browned.

3. 3

   Allow to cool slightly.

4. 4

   Cut each pice of bread diagonally into 3 slices and spray the bread with oil and chargrill (or grill/broil) until golden.

5. 5

   Arrange the bread, rocket, avocado, tomatoes and baked cheese on a serving platter.

6. 6

   Whisk together the vinegar, oil, sugar and seasonings and drizzle over the salad and serve immediately.