This strawberry fluff salad recipe is a vintage classic and for a side dish that goes back to a time before I was born, who am I to argue with the name? Where I come from, salad can mean something ...

One-fourth cup of boiled kala chana, 1-2 cups of salad leaves (I’ve used a mix), half a cup strawberry quarters, half an onion, half a sliced cucumber, feta cheese crumbled, candied walnuts.

but I cooked it for my TV series after a visit to a strawberry farm in Lincolnshire. For this recipe you will need a blender or food processor. Put the sugar in a saucepan with 300ml/½ pint water.