Killer Salad Recipes

It was the last day of the half-term holidays today, I took my son and his friend orienteering, they wanted pizza on the way home so we stopped on the way and they had a takeaway pizza. I realised about 8.30pm when my stomach started growling at me that I hadn’t eaten yet. [...]

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 [...]

Devilled eggs are delicious, that really is the best way word to describe them. Devilled eggs are also relatively easy to make and the possibilities for the devilled part are endless, but I chose to do traditional devilled eggs, and serve them with salatrio and homegrown micro basil leaves.

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Yesterday, during my weekly shop, I came across something new and of course I bought it to use in a salad recipe or three Salatrio is a root ball lettuce, which simply means, when bought the lettuce is still attached to its root ball. This, say the producers, means the [...]

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 [...]

Avocados are one of those fruits I don’t buy or eat regularly, and I don’t know why, because they are deliciously rich in both flavour and texture, just perfect for making salads. Avocados are also high in nutrients, and are cholesterol and sodium free. So, with a little effort and a few other [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.

Now that it’s getting colder and winter will soon be here, you may be thinking salads are off the menu, but you would be wrong. There are many warm salads that you can make that will shake off that winter chill and excite your taste buds. This is an easy salad recipe that [...]