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With any BBQ, there are those little meals that make the experience tastier and a lot more fun! Here are our top cheesy sides featuring Brown’s Cheese!

CHOPPED SALAD WITH FETA, LIME, MINT AND SUNFLOWER SEEDS

Photo by Lucy Munene

INGREDIENTS

• 3 cups chopped, crunchy vegetables

• 1/2 cup crumbled Brown’s Feta Cheese

• 2 scallions, thinly sliced

• 1/3 cup well-toasted sunflower seeds

• 2 tbsp fresh lime juice

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1/4 tsp chilli powder

• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

• 1 to 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh mint leaves

METHOD

1. Mix the vegetables, feta, scallions, seeds and mint in a medium bowl. Whisk lime juice, olive oil, salt, spice and black pepper in a small dish and pour over the vegetables, tossing to evenly coat. Adjust with more salt or pepper as needed and garnish with mint.

BLUE CHEESE BUTTER

Photo by Lucy Munene

INGREDIENTS

• 150 grams butter at room temperature

• 150 grams Brown’s blue cheese at room temperature

Optional: Chopped fresh herbs such as parsley thyme rosemary or chives or some finely minced garlic

METHOD

1. Place the butter and blue cheese in a bowl and mash with a fork until well combined. Some tiny chunks of blue cheese are great for texture.

2. Scoop the mixture onto some plastic wrap on a flat surface. Roll up the blue cheese butter in the plastic wrap, pressing and forming it into a log.

3. Chill for at least a couple of hours before serving. This will keep in the fridge for the life of the blue cheese (check the expiration date) or can be frozen.