Killer Salad Recipes

1. Microgreens have more flavour than mature greens
2. Microgreens are packed with nutrients
3. Microgreens are easy to grow
4. Microgreens are ready to harvest in days
5. Microgreens are the latest must have addition to any kitchen

Crayfish and pea shoot salad is a light salad with very few ingredients, but it’s very tasty and can be served on its own for a light lunch, or even as a starter for a 3 course dinner. When I made it today I wanted to try something new, so I made a pea […]

Now that we know how to store Olive Oil, and building on the twisted oil ideas. I thought it would be useful to share other recipes for transforming olive oil into something extra special.

It’s Haiku Friday
Time for a Haiku Salad
Rice, salad leaves, beef!

Haiku Friday is a bit of an institution on the web, this Haiku salad is my tribute to all those people who Haiku on a Friday, or any other day for that matter. For anyone who has been living under a rock, a Haiku, is […]

This is a really simple and delicious fruit salad sundae with Greek yogurt. It takes minutes to prepare, and as it can be prepared in advance and left to chill in the fridge it is perfect for dinner parties. It is best when you use the freshest fruit available, and you can use […]

Sweet chili prawn kebab salad is a simple salad to make, even more so if you add a little cheat, like I did, and use a ready prepared sweet chili sauce to marinade the prawns. Don’t use a whole jar for the marinade though, you will want to save some to use as a […]

Herbs and spices are invaluable ingredients for all types of cooking, not just when making salads. Herbs and spices add flavour and/or aroma to foods, enhancing meals in bold or subtle ways.
Of course we all have our favourite herbs and spices, and at the same time we have those that we are not so […]

Twice a year my neighbours go on a day trip to Calais, France, they hire a van, a rather big van, so big you could probably stage a moon landing in it. They go on this trip twice a year to do what they call, stocking up on essentials, in reality what happens is […]

So, how do marinades work? Well you might read an awful lot of web pages and recipe books that tell you that a marinade will tenderise meat. This isn’t strictly true, hitting a piece of meat with a meat hammer or rolling pin will tenderise it. Marinades do something else.

This simple and delicious Thai marinade is excellent for beef, especially a sirloin steak. Of course you’ll want to serve this with a salad, I recommend a simple salad of shredded lettuce, cucumber and tomato.