Warm new potato salad with bacon & blue cheese

This French-style main meal salad with roasted new potatoes makes a fabulous lunch

Meanwhile, make the dressing. Whisk the mustard, vinegar and remaining 1 tbsp oil with a splash of water. Place potatoes, onions, bacon and mushrooms in a large bowl with the salad leaves,...

Ingredients

• 500g salad potato Potato po-tate-ohThe world's favourite root vegetable, the potato comes in innumerable varieties. A member of… , halved
• 2 tbsp olive oil Olive oil ol-iv oylProbably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
• 2 red onion, each sliced into 6 wedges
• 4 rashers smoked back bacon Bacon bay-konBacon is pork that has been cured one of two ways: dry or wet. It can be bought as both rashers… , trimmed and cut into large pieces
• 140g mushroom Mushroom mush-roomThe mushroom is a fungus which comes in a wide range of varieties that belong to two distinct… , sliced
• 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 100g bag mixed watercress Watercress wort-er-cressWith deep green leaves, and crisp, paler stems, watercress is related to mustard and is one of… and spinach salad
• 85g creamy blue cheese (we used St Agur)