Killer Salad Recipes

Hopefully we are all washing our salad greens before using them in our killer salads, and in many of our salads we will be using some kind of oil based dressing, but oil and water don’t mix, and any beads of water left on the greens after washing will resist even the lightest of [...]

If you don’t have 5 minutes to spare, then why not get your food processor out of the mothballs and go for this easy-peasy recipe. If you want to do it in advance - and why would you because it only takes a couple of minutes - then you’re gonna need extra lemon juice.
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I first made this fruit salad many years ago, in domestic goddess class at school, and have been making it ever since, it’s quick, easy and ever so tasty.
First choose your fruits, I know it’s the taste that is important but if you want the best look as well go for different colours. I [...]

Salads are said to be simple. “What’ll you have?” - “Oh, just a salad will do for me.”
This is the part I find difficult to understand. Yes, it can be simple: it can be simple to prepare which is fine and it can be simple in its construction, which may be fine too. We [...]

My favorite salad is quite simple:

Chop some nice tomatoes. Pick some juicy cherry ones and some not so juicy larger ones for variation.
Chop some lettuce, actually lots of it, in small pieces. I like to use Romaine lettuce. Keep two leaves uncut.
Chop some cucumber. I like to chop in cubes or thick disks.
Throw in [...]

This is my salad version of the popular BLT sandwich.
You will need:

1 Little Gem Lettuce
1 Tomato
3 slices crispy bacon, crumbled
1 large spring onion, or a couple of the smaller kind
Cucumber, I use about an inch or so
carrot strips, as many as you want
Cheese, I use a mature cheddar, again as much or little as you [...]

I know, I know, there is no oil like extra vergine olive oil. Well duh. Some people just don’t like olive oil. Others have a weak stomach that can’t deal with olive oil. Some even think that olive oil has been done to death…
Of course you can buy fancy oils like walnut and sesame. By [...]