Salmon and Avocado salad with orange juice dressing

For lunch today we've just had a wintry salad. It all started with a couple of cheap finds in supermarkets. First, Aldi had salmon fillet cured with chilli and ginger for £1.99. Then there was a bag of 4 small hass avocados (the only ones I like - the others taste watery) out of date but rock-hard(!) for 75p in Asda ... I put them in the fruit bowl with the bananas and they ripened in a few days.

You will need:

• a packet of watercress (or other leaves)
• an avocado or half per person
• smoked or cured salmon
• The dressing: mix a teaspoon of mustard with a tablespoon of orange juice and a pinch of salt. When blended, stir in 2-3 teaspoons of oil (I used walnut). See the Page on Salad dressings.

1. Pile the watercress into the centre of the plates.
2. Slice the avocado on top.
3. Add the dressing
4. Slice the salmon over the top

We had ours with steamed small potatoes.