I just wanted to make something for tea and I had a small pork pie to use up. I decided to put a small salad together.

We had a couple of very ripe plums in the fruit bowl so I chopped them up. To this I added a large tomato and some cucumber also chopped.

I have new jars of silvers skin pickled onions and baby gherkins. I really struggle to get the lids off. I saw online a way of releasing them. You tap the side edge of the lid with a wooden spoon. Tap and turn the jar until you hear air suck into the jar with a pop! It actually works, just don’t bash to hard!

So I added sliced gherkin and little pickled onions. Then I drizzled light mayonnaise over the top.

It was nice to eat a slightly sweet salad with natural fruit instead of sweetened pickled onions which I really don’t like.