Fruit Salads

Exotic fruit salad with brown sugar syrup

Posted by admin on Feb 26, 2009 in Fruit Salads | 4 comments

This is what I call comfort food, and if you’re having a week from hell too you should try this delicious simple exotic fruit salad with brown sugar syrup. It will really hit the spot!

Valentine’s Day Salad

Posted by admin on Feb 13, 2009 in Featured Articles, Fruit Salads, Green Salads | 2 comments

It’s Valentine’s day tomorrow, and you’ll be wanting to make your special someone something not only delicious but packed full of aphrodisiacs. Strawberries, avocado and almonds are all said to be aphrodisiacs and this Valentine’s day salad has all three to make your loved one feel all warm and tingly inside, which is just what you want on Valentine’s day.

Pear and beetroot salad

Posted by admin on Oct 16, 2008 in Fruit Salads, Green Salads | 1 comment

Pear and beetroot salad is an easy salad recipe, taking about 10 minutes to prepare. It makes an ideal lunch or light dinner. I have just made this delicious salad to take to work tomorrow in a lunchbox.

I had the lemon salad dressing for this salad ready made, but if you don’t follow the link, it’s an easy salad dressing and takes no time at all to make.

Multi-melon salad — no frills

Posted by Wit on Jun 15, 2008 in Fruit Salads, Meat Salads | 6 comments

Melons are very much in season today. Maybe they are not grown locally where you live, but it’s hard to avoid them in the supermarkets and at local greengrocers at the moment. Let’s start with an easy one to get into this melon thing.

Pear and pea shoot salad

Posted by admin on May 30, 2008 in Fruit Salads, Green Salads | 0 comments

Pea shoots are in season, and boy are they tasty. Right now Sainsburys and Marks and Spencer are selling UK grown pea shoots in 50g bags, washed and ready to eat, for under a quid. They have a delicate pea flavour and are a great ingredient for salads. Today I used them in a delicious warm salad along with pears, walnuts and stilton cheese.

Micro Waldorf Salad

Posted by admin on May 16, 2008 in Fruit Salads, Green Salads | 1 comment

I am pleased to tell you, my fellow salad groupies, that my dalliance with microgreens has blossomed into a full blown love affair. Even my wildest salad dreams did not prepare me for the taste sensation that microgreens deliver. Microgreens, however small and delicate, pack a punch that Ricky Hatton would be proud of.