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Falafel-y Goodness
I’ve had a tin of chickpeas in my cupboard for a while. Today I decided to use them to make Falafel for lunch. Falafel is a middle eastern food, very tasty and easy to make. The purists among you may frown on tinned chickpeas and opt to soak dried chickpeas overnight, but […]
Seafood Salad
I’m not one to pass up a bargain or special offer, so when my local supermarket had a ’special’ on seafood I couldn’t resist. I bought something I had never tried before, Squid rings. So the challenge was to make a salad including the squid rings. I did some research on cooking […]
Cup-a-Salad anyone?
I don’t know about you, but I like crispy bacon, especially on a salad. But there is never enough when you use the sprinkle crispy bacon over a salad method, so I decided to increase the bacon content with this salad and make it a focal point, I mean: you can never have too […]
Coconut Prawn Salad
This salad takes a little longer to prepare than say a proper bloke’s salad, but it is well worth the extra effort.
Coconut prawn salad, with fruit and a poppy seed dressing is one of my all time favourite salads, the prawns are deep fried in a batter made with beer and coated in flaked coconut. […]
Mackerel Salad with Mustard Dressing
This easy recipe for a Mackerel Salad with Mustard dressing is not for those who have shy taste buds, the Mustard dressing is sharp on the palate but adds a nice balance to the fresh Mackerel. This salad is refreshing and full of flavour.
Marinated Courgette Salad
This is a really quick, no cook, low fat salad. It’s great on its own as a healthy light lunch or as an accompaniment to a grilled chicken breast to make it more substantial salad, perhaps for an evening meal.
Honey & Lime Salad Dressing
A really quick and tasty salad dressing. Honey and Lime salad dressing is perfect for salads with avocados, ham or feta cheese, it just takes a minute or two to prepare.
Hot Spinach Salad
Hot Spinach salad is relatively quick and easy to prepare, it does involve some cooking, but what you end up with is worth the effort, a tasty hot salad.
Crayfish Salad
Some readers may be aware of the SEOs Fight Fat for charity campaign, which is a great thing to do, for themselves and for their chosen causes. Today I adapted a favourite recipe of mine to give the participants a really tasty and low calorie Crayfish Salad, ideal for a light lunch.
Smoked Salmon Salad
This is a really easy salad recipe, and of course it’s also tasty and satisfying. It took less than 10 minutes to make so is ideal for those days when you are pressed for time and need something quick.


