I invented this last winter when the bitter Seville (marmalade) oranges came out and it was lovely.  You can make it with an ordinary orange though – it will just have more contrast of sweet and bitter which is super-delicious!  If you are dairy-sensitive you can increase the walnut halves…Roquefort is a blue sheep’s cheese that contains a variety of beneficial bacteria for your tummy.  Sheep’s cheese is also easier to digest than cow.

For 2
1 large head of chicory or a medium head of radicchio
1 orange, peeled and sliced thinly across its equator
2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
30g Roquefort cheese
Balsamic vinegar
Small handful walnuts

1.Wash and arrange leaves on two plates and top with the orange slices.
2.Crumble the Roquefort over and sprinkle on the walnut halves.
3.Drizzle a tablespoon of the olive oil and about a dessertspoon of balsamic over each plate and enjoy…

You could also make this salad using watercress or endive.

Why this is good for you:
Bitter foods (like radicchio, rocket, watercress, chicory, Seville oranges) stimulate your gallbladder to contract as the meal reaches your small intestine.  The gallbladder pumps out fat-splitting bile salts and fat-digesting enzymes too.  This is great news if you want to tune up your gallbladder, enhance the digestion of that meal, and facilitate removal of waste products from your liver.  And avoid gallstones!!!  Other bitter foods that help tune up your gallbladder include watercress, chicory, endive, organic rocket (much stronger than “conventionally-farmed”).  Drinks that help your gallbladder if you drink it after a meal include dandelion coffee which you can buy on the fantastic Dublin-based website www.intelligenttea.ie  Make just like for filter/cafetiere coffee and add milk if you want.  DO avoid instant dandelion products, they are stuffed with sugar (lactose/dextrose usually) so they really are not helpful to you.  100% chicory drinks also have some benefit but dandelion is more potent.